HYMENOPTERA. 219 



spine slender and acute, shorter than the lateral spines, continued 

 upwards as a carina to the base of the segment. 



Hab. Interior of South Africa. (Presentedby the Earl of Derby.) 



Genus 16. CHELOSTOMA. 



Apis, pt., Linn. Faun. Suec. 419 (1761). 

 Hylffius, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 302 (1/93). 

 Anthophora, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 372 (1804). 

 Chelostoma, Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iv. 161 (1809), 

 Heriades, pt.. Spin. Ins. Ligur, fasc. ii. 9 (1808). 



The labial palpi 4 -jointed, the basal joint about one-third the 

 length of the second, the third joint in a line with the second, 

 the fourth placed at the side and near the apex of the third joint. 

 The maxillary palpi 3-jointed, the joints minute and subovate. 



1. Chelostoma florisomne. B.M. 



Apis florisomnis, Liim. Faun. Suec. 1704 <? , and Cab. Mus, Linn. 

 Soc. 



Scop. Ent. Cam. p. 299. 796. f. 796. 



Fabr. Sijst. Ent. p. 387. 55. 



Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 253. 49. 

 Apis maxillosa, Lm/i. Syst. Nat. i. 954. 11 ^ , and Cab. Mus. Linn, 

 Soc. 



Fabr. Mantis, i. 305. 86. 



Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 251. 48. 

 Hylffius florisomnis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 304. 5 <? . 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 46. 13 ; Syst. Piez. p. 319. 3. 

 Hylgeus maxillosus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 303. 4 $ . 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 53. 17. 

 Anthophora truncorum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 379. 29. var. /3 ? . 

 Megachile maxillosa, Latr. Hist. Nat. xiv. 51. 1 c? ? . 

 Megachile florisomnis. Spin. Ins. Lig. fasc. i. 134. 1. 

 Chelostoma maxillosa, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 162. 



Brulle, Exped. Sc. Moree, iii. 342. 7^7 > 



Blanch. Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. 409. 



St.Farg. Hym.u.407.\. 

 Chelostoma florisomnis, Curtis, Brit. Ent. xiv. t, 628 J . 



Smith, Zool. iv. 1445. 1. 

 Heriades maxillosa, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 467. 2. 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 268. 1 ; Revis. Ap. Boreal, p. 277- 2. 

 Chelostoma florisomne, Eversm. Bull. Mosc. xv. 74. 3. 



Hab. Britain ; France ; Germany ; Morea ; Denmark ; Russia ; 

 Sweden; Finland; Lapland. 



