> MELITTA. (**. c.) 



Caput. A?Uennip mgvs^. Lingua ape^ ehn-, 



gatus. Maxillce basi obtusangulac. 

 Truncus. Thorax pubc baud clens^, obscur^ 

 ruft. SquamulcE piceae. j4he subhyalinse, 

 apice obscuriores; nen-is, costali interiore ni- 

 gro cxcepto, fuscis. Pedes nigri, rufescente- 

 hirti, posticis rufo-fulvis, femoribus nigris. 

 Scopes, item Scopulce, aureae. Digili antici, 

 Tarsique intermedii, ferruginei. Flocculus 

 pallidus. 



Abdomen subovale, supra convexum, nitidum, 

 punctulatum, subglabrum. Ani Fimbria, ct 

 segmenti penultimi cilia marginalis, fulvae. 

 Venter rufescente-hirtuS;, anum versus prae- 

 cipue. 



This insect appears to agree with the Apisful- 

 vago of Christius. I have usually found it scarce, 

 but in the year 1799 it was very plentiful. 



aluicans. 45. M. nigra, albican te-subvillosa ; thorace, anoquc, 

 ferrugineis ; tibiis plantisque posticis fulvis. 



y4pis albicans hirsuta, nigra j thorace, abdomineque 



apice fulvescente, 

 MiilL Zool. Dan. n. IpSO. 

 yipis sylvestris thorace et pedibus exteriCis larmgine sor- 



dide fulvS vestitis, squamis imis ad margines pilis al- 



bentibus fimbriatis. 

 Rat. Hist. Ins. p. 242. n.5. 



FIG. ^pis ha^morrhoidalis. Christii Ilyvicnopt. p. ISp, tal. 

 iQ.fg.Q. 



MUS. 



