211 APIS. (*. b.) 



mento secundo punctis duobus, tertio toti- 

 dem utrlnque, pen ultimo maculis binis dor- 

 salibus, luteis. An eadem ? 



Linneus regarded almost all the species that 

 compose this family merely as varieties of his A. 

 ri{ficornis\ the one I have just described is parti- 

 cularly noticed by him as such in his Fauna Sue- 

 cica, ^' '^riiorax niger, says he, " aliis Unece ferru- 

 ginete quatuor longitudinales" Terms which will 

 exactly suit our insect ; as in fact the thorax ex- 

 hibits four ferruginous lines separated by three 

 black ones, but as the ferruginous colour is pre- 

 dominant, I have reversed the characters. This 

 insect stands with others in the Linnean cabinet 

 under the above name. Induced by these circum- 

 stances, after Fabricius, I have selected this, from 

 the rest, to give as j4. rujicornis. 



Panzer's figure of this insect is tolerably accu- 

 rate, but in my copy the red parts are made too 

 pale and glaring. It is a varying species, but may 

 always be distinguished by its body variegated with 

 black and red, in nearly equal proportions, and by 

 the three black parallel lines inscribed upon the 

 thorax. Variety % differs considerably from the 

 rest both in the form and markings of its abdomen, 

 but as it agrees with them in these particulars, I 

 have not considered it as distinct. 



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vtho- 28. A. atra; antennis, scutellique punctis, ferrugi- 

 sticia. jjgjg . abdomine rufo, maculis duabus fiavis. 



MUS. 



