APIS. (**. b) 2^3 



tluabus tomentoso-lutescentibus inscriptus, 

 postice dentibus duobus ferrugineis, vix con- 

 spicuis, scutellum utrinque amplectentibus, 

 armatus (/*) . Tubercula, Scutellum, Squamulce 

 ferruginea. Metathorax verticalis, utrinque 

 macula tomentoso-nivea ornatus. Pectus circa 

 pedum basin, item Pleurce sub alis, tomento- 

 so-alba. Alee subhyalinae apice nervisque 

 nigris, lunula alba. Pedes ferruginei, pilis 

 brevissimis albidis subincani. 

 Abdomen basi.subretusum, supra gibbum, seg- 

 mento primo fasciis duabus interruptis, inter- 

 mediis tribus maculis quatuor transverse posi- 

 tis, tomentoso-lacteis. Venter piceus. 

 Var. $ femoribus posticis totis, intermediis sub- 

 tus, piceis; abdomine segmenti secundi 

 maculis in fasciam medio interruptam coa- 

 lescentibus. 



y labio obscure ferrugineo ; thoracis denti- 

 bus atris ; abdomine segmenti primi fasciis 

 utrinque coalescentibus. 

 Our English specimens of this singularly pretty 

 insect vary somewhat from the authentic j4. vari- 

 egata of the Linnean cabinet; for the scutellum of 

 the latter is black, and it has more white hairs upon 

 the anterior part of its thorax ; it is, likewise, con- 

 siderably smaller. In other respects they agree 

 very well together.. Panzer's Nomada crucifera is 

 evidently nothing more than a casual variety of this 



(/)Tab.6. **. b. fig,8. lb. 



Apis, 



