APIS. (*. a.) \f'^ 



Par, jS triple minor, alis subhyalinis. An eadem ? 



This insect appears evidently to be the Apis ursina 

 of the Museum Leskeanum. It is extremely rare, 

 as indeed are all the species of the present familyi 

 I have not seen a single exdtic specimen belonging 

 to it. 



2. A. atra, nitida, glabriuscula ; an tennis dimidiate- 2.i««<e^/-. 



rufis. ^"' 



FIG. Tab. 16. Jg. 2. 

 MU. D. Marsham, Kirliy. 



Long. Corp, Lin. 3|. 

 Hal). In Suffolcia, semel a nobis cum praecedente capta^ 

 semel etiam a D. Goodenough. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS atrum, nitidissimum, parum pubescens. 



Caput. Maxillce forcipatae. Oculi parvi. An-^ 

 tennce rufae, basi nigrae. 



Truncus. SquamulcE piceag. Alee hyaiiiiaB, tier- 

 vis ferrugineis. Pedes piceo-nigri, cineras- 

 cente-pilosuli. TihicE posticgie clavatae, sub- 

 dolabriformes(cJ). Scdpu!^ (iihsSc 



Abdomen ovatum, segmentis margine depi*es- 

 siusculis et submembranaceis, Venter nigro- 

 piceus, 



3. A. atra, nitida, glabriuscula ; digitis rufiso Banksl- 



MUS. D. Banks, Marsham, Drury Sphex, n. 15, Lathafn, 

 Kir by. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 5, 

 Hah. Prope Londinum. A me nunquam lecta, 



(a) Tab. 4. Apis. *. a. fig. 14. 



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