357. 

 ANTHOPHORA HAWORTHANA. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Apiarise LaL Apidae Leach. 



Type of the Genus, Apis retusa Linn. 



Anthophora Lat., Sam., Curt. — Megilla B'ab., Panz. — Lasius Jur. — 

 Andrena Fab. — Apis Linn., Kirby, &;c. 



Antennas inserted in the centre of the face, not approximating, 

 short, geniculated and 13-jointed in the male ( I ), basal joint the 

 most robust and very pubescent, 2nd globose, 3rd as long as the 

 1st clavate, 4th shorter than any of the following which are oblong : 

 similar in the female but a little longer and l2-jointed (i*). 

 Labrum deflexed, convex, nearly quadrate, the angles a little 

 rounded with two transparent spots at the base, anterior margin 

 a little convex and ciliated (2). 



Mandibles slightly curved, clothed with long hairs, notched near 

 the apex (3) : larger in the females and but slightly notched be- 

 low the apex (3 9). 



Maxilla: with the basal portion short and broad, hairy towards 

 the base, the edge above pectinated ; terminal lobe long and 

 lanceolate, with a small pencil of hairs at the apex (4a). Palpi 

 rather long and setaceous, 6-jointed, basal joint short, 2nd long, 

 the remainder decreasing in length (b). 



Mentum rather short and linear (5). Tongue very long and 

 •slender, ringed and tubular, the interior margins very pilose, ter- 

 minated by a lanceolate appendage (c). Paraglossce lanceolate 

 (d). Palpi extending as far as the tongue, slender, tapering, 

 4-jointed, basal joint very long, 2nd not half the length, ciliated 

 towards the apex, 3rd inserted below the apex and very small as 

 well as the 4th (b). 

 Head subtrigonate : eyes long and narrow : ocelli 3. Thorax much 

 broader than the head in the female. Abdomen subovate conic, 

 broad in the female. Wings with one marginal and 3 submarginal 

 cells. Legs rather robust : Tibiae, posterior dilated and very pilose 

 externally and the intermediate also in the females. Tarsi, interme- 

 diate pair long in the males, the basal joint of the 4 posterior dilated 

 in both sexes and furnished with a strong brush at the apex, in the 

 hinder pair of the female. Claws hifd in the males, with a tooth on 

 the underside in the females, Pulvilli distinct. 



VihWOYLTnMixKirby Mon. Ap. 2. 307. — Curtis's Guide, Gen. 720. 2. 

 Male, black, thickly and minutely punctured : eyes pale brown : 

 head and thorax clothed with bright fulvous hairs, labrum and 

 underside of basal joint of antennae pale yellow, the former mar- 

 gined with black, the clypeus irregularly edged with yellow : ab- 

 domen clothed with black hairs, excepting the basal joint and 

 the margins of the 2nd and 3rd which are fulvous : wings stained 

 pale yellow, the nervures piceous, the posterior margin pale 

 fuscous. Legs variegated with black and fulvous hairs : tibiae 

 with the spurs ferruginous : middle and posterior tarsi fulvous, 

 excepting the basal joint which is black and the apical one 

 piceous, the intermediate joints being destitute of long hairs : 

 claws ferruginous tipped with black. 

 In the Cabinets of the Brit. Mus., Mr. Haworth, and Mr. Hanson. 





