MELITTA. (**. c.) ®g 



DESGR. Acul. 



CORPUS nigrum, pube cinerea. 



Caput. Antennce subtus riifae. 



Truncus. SquamulcB rufescentes. JliB sub- 

 hyalinae apice nigricantes, nervis nigris. Pedes 

 cinereo-hirti, scopd cinerascenti. Scopulce fla- 

 vescunt. Flocculus pallidus. 



Abdomen ovatum, glabriusculum, punctulatis-r 

 simum, nigrum; segmentis intermediis duobus 

 ferrugineis, secundo utrinque puncto nigro. 

 Ani Fimbria cinerascens. Venter cinereo-hir- 

 tus, basi rufus. 



Maris Corpus albido-villosum. Fades antice al- 

 ba, barba argentea. Nasus punctulis duobus 

 nigris. Labium atrum. Antennce sensim cras- 

 siores, capite longiores, subtus fulvas. Thorax 

 pube cinerascenti. Squamulce piceae. Abdomen 

 sublineare, convexum, pilosulum ; segmentis , 

 intermediis duobus rufis^ secundo utrinque 

 puncto nigricanti. 



It is without any hesitation that I give the two 

 sexes of this insect as the Nomada cingulata, and 

 Andrena labiata of Fabricius, since they exactly 

 answer his description, except only that he does 

 not take notice of the minute blackish spot on each 

 side of the second abdominal segment, a circum- 

 stance easily overlooked. Panzer's figure, also, 

 and description of his Apis Spkegoides and albila- 

 hris, accurately represent them, only he describes 

 the hair of the legs of the former as yellow, which 

 G 4 is 



