68 MELITTA. (**, b.) 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS nigrum, pubehauddens^ subincanum. 



Caput. Fades Infra antennas tomentoso-incana. 

 Nasus aplce albidus. yintenna' thorace lon- 

 giores, rufo-fulvae, supra saturatiores, scapo 

 nigro. 



Tr UNCUS obscurus. Metathorax postice trun- 

 catus. Squomulip piceae. ^Ice subhyalinae, 

 iricolores, nervis nigris. Pedes nigri, glabri- 

 usculi, tarsis flavescentibus, articulo extimo 

 ferrugineo. Tibite quatuor posteriores basi 

 extrinsecus flavae, anteriores antrorsum ful- 

 vescunt. 



Abdomen sublineare, nigrum, nitidissimum, 

 glabrum, isegmentis intermediis basi depressi- 

 usculis et utrinque tomentoso-albis. Fenter 

 glaber, ano pilosulo. 



The aritennas of this insect are nearly, if not al- 

 together, as long as those of M. tumulorum ; it is, 

 however, extremely distinct from .that and every 

 other described insect, of which I have any know- 

 ledge. 



fuh-O' 28. M. nigra, rufescente-pubescens ; abdomine 

 tincia. subtomentoso ; segmentis margine fulvis, in- 



termediis basi utrinque pallidis. 



AC UL. 



Apis nitida nigra, incisuris abdominis nitidi, pedibus- 



que, luteo-cinercis. 

 Miill. ZqoI. Dan. n. iQlQ. 



J^IAS. 



