2q6 apis. (*. b.) 



quatuor transversa positis flavis notato, 



ali^s a. similis. 



This gay insect varies greatly in the males, both 

 as to size and markings, a is as big again as the 

 rest. I have some suspicion that 5 may be distinct, 

 as the first dorsal segment of the abdomen in the 

 other varieties is constantly without spots. Pan- 

 zer's N. Solidaginis is evidently a male variety of 

 ours. 



picta. 23. A. atra; antennis nigricantibus ; abdomine 

 ferrugineo, maculis quatuor, fasciisque dua- 

 bus, scutelloque, flavis. 



MUS. D. Marsham, Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 4. 

 Hob. Barhamiae, saepius capta in floribus Septembre 

 ineunti 1799' 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS atrum, glabrum. 



Caput. Os rufum. Fades antic^ flava flave- 

 dine triloba, lobo intermedio obsoletiusculo, 

 obtusangulo, lateralibus apice latioribus, 

 furcatis. Gence margine apud oculos antic^ 

 flavo. Maxilla' apice fuscae. Oculi, in vivo, 

 chrystallini, postice albidi, antice fusci. ^n- 

 tennce piceo-nigrae, basi rufae. 



Tr UNCUS. Collar e^ Tub ercula^Squamvhe, Scu- 

 tellum, Pleura; maculd lunatd. Pectus punctis 

 duobus triangularibus, totidemque lineolis in 

 pedum posticorum regione, flava omnia haec. 



jila 



