100 MELITTA. (*». c.) 



Scopoli has given this insect under the name of 

 Apis atra, and Christius and Panzer have done the 

 same. It is, however, the genuine u4pis cineraria 

 of Linneus, as appears from the authentic specimen 

 of the Linnean cabinet. The Apis cineraria of 

 Christius belongs to the species I am going next 

 to describe. 



pratensis.jiQ, M. atra, villosa; trunco hirsuto-albicanti. 



Apis pratensis pubescens, nigraj fronte pilis nigris, tho- 



race albidis hirsute. 

 Miill. Zool. Dan. n. igi2. 

 Andrena carhonaria atra, tborace cinereo-pubescente; 



pcdibus laevibus ; alis fiiscis, 

 Fal. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 22. 



FIG. Apis cineraria. Christli Hymenopt. p. 201. tal. 1/. 



MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 5^. 

 Hab. Barhamiae, in floribus capta tempore vemali, sed 

 rara admodum, 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS atrum, pube nigricanti. 



Caput. Fades atro-hirsuta. Ferticis pili albi- 

 do-cinerei. Antennce thorace vix breviores, 

 piceo-nigrae, nitidae, articulis subarcuatis. 



Trunc us pilis albido-cinereis subhirsutus. Squa- 

 mulce picese. Alee subhyalinae, apice fuscae ; 

 nervis testaceis, costali interiore nigro. Pedes 

 atri, nigro-hirti. Scopulcp obscur^ ferrugineae. 



Abdomen lanceolato-ovatum, lucidum, pilis 



albido- 



