MELITTA. (**. b.) 

 Abdomen subovale, basi pallido-villosulum, 

 tergo minus convcxo, pilis atris, nisi a latere 

 vix conspicuis, scatenti; segmentis margine 

 tomentoso-nivcis, anticis interrupt^. Venter 

 pallido-hirtus. 

 Var.^ minor, abdomine subcuneiformi, alias, ut 



ovum ovo, a simillima. 

 Maris Nasi apex Lahiumque lutei. Antennce 

 thorace breviores. Squamuhe nigrae. Pedes 

 sulphurei, femoribus, tibiarumque macula sub- 

 annulari, nigris. Abdomen lincarc, segmentis 

 quatuor anticis margine iitrinque tomentoso- 

 albis. Venter anum versus depressus. 

 Var. $ cinereo-subpubcscens ; tibiis utrinque li- 

 tura nigricanti. 



y cinereo-subpubescens ; antennis subtus 

 fulvescentibus : abdomine segmentis tribus 

 anticis margine utrinque tomentoso-albis. 

 An eadem ? 



The aculeate sex of this species appears to be 

 the Apis rubicunda of Christius, but I am not so 

 certain that it is the Apisjlavipes of Panzer ; his 

 figure agrees with it very well, but his description 

 differs from it in some respects. Thoug-h very 

 siniilar to the preceding species, it is certainly dis- 

 tinct ; for its tarsi, the first pair excepted, and its 

 posterior tibiae, are not only covered with tawny 

 hair, but their substance is likewise of the same 

 colour ; the down of the body also is rufescent, 



while 



