361. 

 SAROPODA BIMACULATA. 





Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Apidae. 



Type of the Genus, Apis bimaculata Panz. 



Saropoda hat., Sam., Curt. — Megilla III. Panz. — Heliophila Klug. — 

 Apis Kirby. 



AntenncE geniculated, filiform, compressed at the apex, almost 

 as long as the thorax, and 13-jointed in the male (1), basal 

 joint robust and long, 2nd cup-shaped, remainder short, 3rd 

 obovate-truncate, the following subquadrate, apical joint oblong 

 rounded: shorter and 12-jointed in the female (1 $), basal joint 

 long, 2nd globose, 3rd longer than any of the following, subcla- 

 vate-truncate, remainder subquadrate, terminal joint oblong, 

 rounded and compressed. 



Lahrum rather transverse-oblong, the angles rounded, the pu- 

 bescence extending over the anterior margin (2). 

 Mandibles curved, broadest at the base, pilose, rounded at the 

 apex and notched (3). 



MaxillcE with the stalk clothed with fine long hairs, concave and 

 pectinated below the palpi (4); the lobe (a) long and broad, 

 obtuse and pubescent at the apex. Palpi not very short, slender 

 and pilose, 4-jointed, basal joint minute, 2nd the longest, 3rd 

 shorter, 4th scarcely so long (b). 



Mentum elliptical (5). Tongue twice as long as the mentum, 

 very pilose towards the extremity to which is attached a small 

 appendage (c). Paraglosscc slender (d). Palpi extending as 

 far as the tongue when at rest, rather broad at the base, but at- 

 tenuated, 4 ?-jointed, basal joint very long, 2nd short, the others 

 very indistinct, the apex pubescent (b). 



Head broad, subarbicular. Eyes long and narrow. Ocelli 3. Thorax 

 globose. Abdomen ovate or conical, produced and deeply notched 

 at the apex in the male, broader and more depressed in the female 

 terminated by a broad spine with a tuft of short hair on each side. 

 Wings with one marginal and 3 submarginal cells. Legs rather 

 long and robust, intermediate very long in the male, with the ter- 

 minal joint of their tarsi a little dilated. Claws bifid near the 

 apex (8 (J) : Tarsi with the basal joint large and dilated in 4 pos- 

 terior feet in both sexes, furnished externally with a bunch of long 

 bristles in the posterior pair of the female. Claws with a tooth 

 beneath each (8t> hind leg of female). 



Bimaculata Panz. 55. 17. 9. — Curtis' s Guide, Gen. 722. 1. 



Male black, minutely punctured, clothed with greyish hair: basal 

 joint of the antennae beneath and the face below, yellow j clypeus 

 and mandibles sulphur, tips of the latter piceous : eyes when 

 living sea-green : pubescence on head and thorax pale tawny : 

 segments of abdomen margined with whitish hairs : tarsi, ex- 

 cepting the basal joint and the tip of the last, ferruginous. Fe- 

 male : face below the antennae (which are entirely black) yellow, 

 with 2 square black spots nearly meeting in the centre and 2 

 dusky spots at the base of the labrum (1*) j margins of the 1st 

 segment of abdomen slightly, of the 3 following densely fringed 

 with greyish hair, apex black. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



