Gl. 

 ANTHIDIUM MANICATUM. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Apiarife Lat. Apidae Leacli. 



Ttjpe of the Genus Apis manicata Linn. 



AxTHiDiUM Fab., Lat. Apis Linn , Kirby. Trachusa Jur. 



Antennce inserted near the middle of the face, remote, filiform, 

 of nearly equal length in both sexes, 13-jointed in the male, 

 12-iointed in the female, 1st joint elongated, hairy, 2nd very 

 short (1, antenna of male). 



Lahrum inclosed beneath the mandibles, elongate, quadrate^ 

 coriaceous, entire, ciliated, a little dilated at its base (2). 

 Mandibles exserted, strong, broad, acute, multidentate (3). 

 Maxilla long, coriaceous, horny down the centre, terminal lobe 

 lanceolate, acute, inflexed, external edge ciliated (4 a) : Palpi 

 short, of one joint, ovate, attenuated, pilose (4 b with the pal- 

 pus magnified). 



Mentum elongated, linear (5 a) : Palpi setiform, 4-jointed, 

 1st and 2nd elongated, compressed, of equal length, with mem- 

 branaceous edges, 3rd and 4th short, the former arising from the 

 side near the apex of the 2nd which is terminated by a few bristles 

 (5 b, b, showing the 3rd and 4th joints greatly magnified) : Lip 

 often reflexed, as long as the 2 first joints of the palpi slender, 

 linear, suddenly contracted towards the apex (o c). 

 Head nearly as broad as the thorax. Ocelli 3. Scutellum with the 

 posterior margin produced, rounded, subemarginate. Abdomen in- 

 curved, convex above, broadly truncate at the base, apex of the males 

 armed with spines ; underside in the females very hairy, armed with 

 a sting (G abdomen of female). Superior wings with 1 marginal, 

 2 submarginal and 3 discoidal cells ; posterior limb ivithout nerves. 

 Hinder feet pollinigerous. Tibiae short, hainj. Tarsi very hairy, 

 5-jointed, ]st joint compressed, quadrate, long, robust, 3 following 

 short, terminal joint long, slender, the \st joint of the hinder tarsi 

 gradually narrowing from the base to the apex. Claws unindentate 

 (8 afore leg), harvss pollinivorous. 



Manicatum Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 958. 28. Fab. Ent. Syst. t. 2. p. 330. 

 n. 73. Kirby's Mon. Ap. Ang. ** c. 2. ^.v. \. p.\7\.v.2. p. 248. 

 Male piceous black, punctured, villose, hairs gray or inclining to 

 ferruginous. Clypeus and mandibles yellow, the former black 

 towards the base, the latter at the apex. Wings fuscous. Ab- 

 domen with fascicles of orange hairs and a yellow spot on each 

 side the 4 first segments, the 5th with 4 yellow spots, 6th with 

 lunar spots towards the centre and a curved spine on each side : 

 last segment with 3 spines the centre one being the smallest. 

 Legs black, very villose, 4 anterior tibige yellow at the apex. 

 Tarsi yellowish brown. — Female smaller less villose than the 

 male, hairs ferruginous, orange upon the tarsi and beneath the 

 abdomen, which has no spines and instead of the fascicles it is 

 ciliated on the sides of the abdomen. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



