349. 

 CCELIOXYS VECTIS. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Apidas Lai., Leach. 



Type of the Genus, Apis conica Linn. 



CoELioxYS Lat., Lea., Curt. — Anthidium Panz. — Trachusa Jur. — 

 Anthophora Fab. — Apis Linn., Kirb. 



AntenncB inserted near the middle of the face, rather remote and 

 short; 13-jointed in the male, basal joint the longest, rather 

 robust, clothed with fine, long hairs, 2nd small, 3rd rather longer 

 and slenderer than the following which are nearly quadrate, the 

 apical one subovate (1) ; thicker and 12-jointed in the female, 

 basal joint the longest, robust, 2nd smalL 3rd subovate, the re- 

 mainder clothed with very short pubescence, oblong, the apical 

 joint rounded at the apex (1 *). 



Labrum inflected, oblong, basal angles a little produced, slightly 

 pubescent, the anterior margin ciliated (2). 

 Mandibles oblong and very hairy, truncated obliquely and trifid(3). 

 Maxill(2 as long as the mentum, horny semielliptic (4), termi- 

 nated by a very long recurved, lanceolate lobe (a), coriaceous, 

 with a thick rib down the middle. Palpi very minute, triarti- 

 culate, basal joint the stoutest, apical the slenderest (b). 

 Mentum long and narrow, emarginate before, slightly produced 

 in the centre (5). Labium hollow, long and slender, terminated 

 by a mouth-piece (c). Paraglossce short and obtuse. Palpi 

 longer than the labium, 4-jointed, 1st and 2nd joints long and 

 flat, the former the shortest, 3rd and 4th forming an angle with 

 the 2nd ; the terminal joint rather the shortest (b). 

 Head rather large, as broad as the thorax : eyes remote long and narrow: 

 ocelli 3 on the crown. Thorax globose. Scutellum producing a 

 tooth on each side at the base. Abdomen conical, the apex dentated 

 in the male (7) ,• subtrigonate, terminated by 2 horizontal valves, in- 

 closing a sting in the female (6). Superior wings with 1 long 

 marginal, 2 submarginal and 3 discoidal cells, posterior limb nerve- 

 less. Legs nearly alike in both sexes : tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint the 

 longest and thickest {especially in the hinder pair of the female). 

 Claws bifd at the apex in the male {$) ; simple in the female (8 f). 



Vkctis Curtis' s Guide, Gen. 715. n. 2. 



Male black, clothed with soft yellowish cinereous hairs : head and 

 thorax very thickly punctured : abdomen glossy and more finely 

 punctured, the margins of the annulalions fringed with white 

 beneath ; 5 whitish pubescent pointed spots on each side, the 

 basal one the largest, the apical one minute, the apex notched 

 triangularly, the lobes broad (7). Female with a humeral tuft 

 of cinereous pubescence, the four following joints with spots on 

 each side like the male ; rarely continued across : apex obtuse, 

 the lower valve scarcely longer than the upper one (6). 



In the Author's Cabinet. 



