APIS. (*. b.) 



Caput antlce flavum, flavedine antennas versus 

 subtriloba, lobo intermedio lato, obtusangulo, 

 lateralibus parvis, obliquis. Labium fulviim. 

 Maxillce apice fuscae. Punctulum flavuqi, 

 obscurum, Faciem ad oculos sub an tennis 

 utrinque signat. Antenna' nigrae, basi sub- 

 tus rufae. 



Truncus. Collar e, Tuber cula, Squamulir, Scu- 

 tellum punctis duobus contiguis, valde elevatis, 

 Metathorax totidem parallelogrammicis, dis- 

 tantibus, Pleurce macula subtriangulari, sul- 

 phurea haec omnia. Alie subhyalinae, apice 

 nigricantes lunula alba. Pedes rufo flavoque 

 varii. apophyses primarias articulo primo 

 atro, secundo rufo, secundariae totae rufae ar- 

 ticulo primo utrinque puncto flavo, ternariae 

 articulo primo nigro antrorsum fiavo^ secundo 

 rufo. 



Abdomen ovatum, atrum, segmento primo fas- 

 cia subinterrupta, proximis duobus utrinque 

 macula introrsum acuta, anticis majoribus, 

 reliquis fascia, flavis. Venter gibbus, postice 

 flavus, fascia nigra. 



This insect is extremely distinct from all that we 

 have hitherto described; its body is quite naked, 

 and its antennae entirely black, except only the 

 underside of two or three of the joints next the 

 head. Peculiarities which likewise attend several 

 of the following species, 



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