MELITTA. (**. c.) 117 



Truncus supra pube rufescenti baud densa tec- 

 tus. Squamulcs picese. j4lce byalinag, apice 

 obsciiriores ; nervis testaceis, costali interiore 

 nigro. Pedes fusco-pilosi, tibiis posticis scop^ 

 SLipra nigra, subtus albida, certo situ versico- 

 lori. Digitl ferruginei. 



Abdomen ovatum, grisescente-birtum. Ani 

 Fimbria atra. Venter segmentis basi pilis bre- 

 vibus, nigricantibus obsitis ; apice longioribus, 

 pallidis ciliatis. 



Var. /S adultior alis testaceis ; abdominis birsutie 

 cinerascenti. 



Obs. Prima facie Api mellificce simiUima est hcec 

 species. 



M. Trimmerana strongly resembles M. cunicu- 

 laria ; but it is smaller, the form of its abdomen is 

 very different, its anal fringe is black, and its scopse 

 are black above and white below. The antennae 

 of the aculeates of this species are much longer 

 than is usual in that sex. 



58. M. atra ; thorace, abdominisque basi, \nrs\xio-v arians, 

 fuivis ; tibiis posticis scopa versicolori. 



Apis varians nigra 5 thorace, abdominisque basi su- 



perne, hirsuto-fulvis. 

 Ross. Fn. Etrusc. Mantiss. 72. 317. 

 FIG. Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.56. tab. 12. 

 MUS. D. Marsham, Donovan, Kirby. 



Long, Corp. Lin. 5 — Q. 

 Hal. In Anglia, capta semel in floribus P. Mali in horto 

 quodam Gippovicensi. 



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