MELITTA. ()^*. c.) 129 



FIG. Schceff. kon. tab. 32. fg. 3 . 



Jpis vestiia. Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.55. tal. 9. 

 Apisvulpina. Christii Hymenopt. p. iQl. tal. 12. Jig. 13. 



MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, M'^Leay, Trimmer, Lathlury, 

 Soiverhy, Kirly. 



Long. Corp, Lin. 6\. 

 Hah. Barhamiae sed rarior. In floribus hortomm Aprile 

 et Maio circa Londinum frequens. D. Marsham, 



DESCR, Acul. 



CORPUS aterrimum, subhirsutum. 



Caput. Vertex cq[\us. Antennce capite longi- 

 ores, nigrae. 



Truncus. Thorax hirsutle densa, ferrugine^ 

 vestitus. SquamulceiervugMie^e. AlcehyaVmse, 

 apice obscuriores; nervis ferrugineis, interi- 

 oribus duobus nigris. Pedes atri, piloslssimi. 



Abdomen ovale, depressum, tergo pilis densis, 

 fulvo-aureis, quasi per fascias hirsutissimo. Ani 

 Fimbria pallide flava. /^eT^^er convexus^ seg- 

 mentis margine atro-hirtis. 



This is one of the most elegant of our English 

 species of this genus, the deep orange of the tho- 

 rax, and of the upper side of the abdomen, forming 

 a most striking contrast with the intense black of 

 the rest of the body. Led by the single circum- 

 stance of the thickness of its hirsuties, for I think 

 there can be no doubt of this being his Apisfulva, 

 Schrank has placed this amongst the Bombinatrices, 

 as he has also Apis mfa, Lin., and Apis pilipes, 

 Fab., but a very short examination would convince 



any 



