APIS. (*, b) 1S3 



Hab. Barhamiae. Tempore vernali in floribus Grossu- 

 iarice bis capta. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS atrum, pube grisescenti. 



Caput antice flavum flavedine versus antehnas 



bifurca. Maxillce apice fuscae. Antennce rufse, 



supra basi nigrse, scapo antrorsum lineola rufa. 



Truncus. Co//are utrinque, Tubercular Squa- 



mul^ item extrorsum, sulphureae. Scutellum 



immaculatum. Pleune antrorsum macula par- 



va, sublunata, flava. ^Ice subtestaceae, apice 



fuscescentes. Pedes rufi, femoribus subtus ni- 



gris, primariis antrorsum fulvescentibus. ^po- 



physes nigra?. 



Abdomen atrum, supra et infra viridi-flavo fas- 



ciatum fascia antica interrupta. Anus apice 



bidentatus. 



This species possesses most of the characters 



which distinguish the same sex of the preceding, 



and I should have assigned it only a station amongst 



the varieties of this sex of that insect, had it not 



vi'anted those characters which seem constantly to 



attend them : namely, the two yellow dots upon 



the scutellum, the yellow markings of the legs, and 



the yellow spots which are observable on the four 



first pair of apophyses ; not to mention slighter 



differences. 



^. A. atra, cinerascente-subvillosa ; scutelli punctis^^^^^'^^^- 

 duobus, abdominisque fasciis posticis^ fiavis ; 

 ^ntica rufa. 



N 3 MUS. 



