414 HYMENOPTERA. 



cence ; the wings subhyaline, splendidly iridescent. Abdomen, 

 the base testaceous, very smooth and shining, the extreme apex 

 pale testaceous ; beneath pale testaceous, and having a short 

 silvery pubescence. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



43. Trigona nebulata. B.M. 



Worker. Length 2^ lines. — Black ; the clypeus, a triangular 

 spot above it, the anterior angles of the face, the scape in front, 

 the labrum and mandibles yellow^. Thorax, a narrow yellow line 

 passing from the collar on each side to the lateral angles of the 

 scutellum ; the coxse and trochanters yellow, the apical joints of 

 the tarsi ferruginous ; the pubescence of the legs black ; the 

 wings fusco-hyalint , and having a dark fuscous cloud beyond 

 the stigma. Abdomen, the two basal segments red, their apical 

 margins having a narrow black transverse line, the third and 

 following segments black. 



Hab. Western Africa. 



44. Trigona carbonaria. B.M. 



Worker. Length If line. — Jet-black ; the face covered with 

 a short hoary pubescence, the base of the antennae and tips of 

 the mandibles pale rufo-testaceous. The thorax shining, the 

 scutellum fringed with pale pubescence, the collar and thorax 

 anteriorly covered with pale pubescence ; the sides of the meta- 

 thorax covered with short white pubescence, naked and very 

 smooth and shining ; the wings hyaline, the nervures black ; the 

 legs obscurely testaceous. Abdomen naked and glossy black. 



Hab. Australia. 



Genus 65. APIS. 

 Apis, Auctorum. 



I. Apis mellifica. B.M. 



Apis mellifica, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1697. 

 Scop. Ent. Cam. p. 811. 

 Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 383. 30. 

 Sulz. Ins. t. 19. f. 123. 

 Harris, Expos. Eng. Ins. t. 39. f. 9, 10. 

 Schrank, Ins. Aust. p. 813. 

 Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 103. 912. 

 Christ. Hym. 73, t. 1. f. W , t. 2. f. 5 $ , t. 3. f. 1 <? . 

 Don. Brit. Ins. xiv. 63. t. 492. 



