MELITTA, (**. c.) 



MUS. D. Marskam, Smith, Latham, Trimmer, Haivorth, 

 Soiverly, Lathbury, Kirhy. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 5—7. 

 Hal. Barhamiaej cuniculos fodiens cylindricos in terrse 

 ^abulosae sectionibus verticalibus, inibique nidificans. 

 In floribus baud rara. Allium, spirat recens insectum. 



DESCR. AcuL 



CORPUS aterrimum, nigro-subpiibescens. 



Caput villosum. Fades inter oculos lata. An^ 

 tennce subtus nigro-picese. 



Truncus. Squamulce atrae. Al^e paululiim in- 

 fuscatae, apice nigrae ; nervis, excepto costali 

 interiore nigro, ferrugineis. Tibiae posticae 

 scopa albida. Femora postica albi'do barbata. 

 ScopulcB fuscae. Flocculus obsoletus. 



Abdomen ellipticum, lucidum, supra glabrius-^ 

 culum, segmento primo villosulo. Ani Fim- 

 bria nigra. 



Maris Antennce thorace breviores. Thorax pilis 

 subriigris/. fuscis villosus. Pedes postici hir- 

 sutie nigra. 



This Melitta has been described, under different 

 names, by a variety of authors. It appears to be 

 the Apis atra of Schrank, but not of Scopoli, the 

 Andrena pilipes of Fabricius, the Andrena aterrima 

 of Panzer, and the Apis aterrima and carbonaria 

 of Christius, for I take both these latter insects to 

 be varieties of M. pilipes, the one with clouded and 

 the other with unclouded wings ; he does not, how- 

 ever, give the white scopa, which makes these sy- 

 nonyms 



