2^8 APIS. (**. c. I. «.) 



In confirmation of the above opinion, I have 

 been informed by Mr. James Trimmer, so fre- 

 quently mentioned in these pages, that he has often 

 observed ji. quadridentata attendant upon u4. 

 conica. 



The authentic specinien of ^. conica preserved 

 in the Liiinean cabinet has teeth upon its scutellum, 

 and, therefore, that which Fabricius has given as 

 such, " scutello inermi," is another insect, and 

 probably the aculeate of that which I shall next 

 describe. To this I have referred also the syno- 

 nyms of Gmelin and Rossi for the same reason. 

 Panzer's ^. hidentata is the Linnean ji. conica, 

 Linneus has described A. quadridentata " cingulis 

 quinis albidis," ail my specimens have only four 

 white bands, the first of which is interrupted : 

 Panzer's figure however answers the Linnean cha- 

 racter in this respect, and Rossi notices the same 

 circumstance. Probably the down upon the mar- 

 gin of the last segment but one is liable to be rub- 

 bed off. 



There are three synonyms to which reference is 

 usually made for the sexes oi A. conica, which have 

 no relation to that species. The first is that of 

 Ray(/), which belongs either to a Sphex, or a male 

 of my hmWy oi j4 pis. *. b. perhaps to -^. Goodeni- 

 ayia. The next is that of Reaumur (m), (which, a^ 

 as I observed above, is the male of one of the leaf 



(/) Rai. Hist. Ins. p. 252. n. ult. 

 (m) Tom. G. tab. 11. fig. 2, 3, 4. 



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