236 APIS. (**. C. 2. a.) 



The male of ^. JVillughhiella is very like A^ 

 Lagopoda of Linneus, and is often mistaken for 

 it ; but it is extremely distinct from the authentic 

 specimen still preserved in the Linnean cabinet; 

 the singular conformation of the tarsus of the fore 

 . feet, which is given as the most prominent charac- 

 teristic of ^. Lagopoda, is common, as I observed 

 before (z) to many distinct species, and is only a 

 sexual character. This sex of our insect exhibits 

 a peculiarity, which none of those that are related 

 to it in the form of the anterior tarsus, possess, the 

 last joint of its antennae is larger than any of the 

 rest, which gives them some resemblance to those 

 of a Papilio{a), in ji. Lagopoda, bidentata, and 

 its other affinities, they are filiform. That this 

 class of males may no longer be confounded with 

 ^. Lagopoda I shall insert in the margin a new 

 description of that insect, taken from the authentic 

 specimen {b}. 



42. A. 



(z) Vol. 1. p. \6l. (fl) Tab. 8. fig. 8. 



(i) /fl^o- A. grisescente-pubescens J antennis masculis filiformibus j 

 poda. iihns posticis raagpis clavatis, manibus dilatato-ciliatis. 



Apis lagopoda grisescens ; pedibus anticis dilatato-cilia- 

 tis J tibiis posticis clavatis ; ano emarginato. 

 Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. n. TJ . Fn. Suec. 1/03. 

 Fill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 22. 

 Fab. Ent. Syst. Em. n. 48. 

 Apis lagopus. Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. Cmel.p. 2776. n. If. 



MUS. jD. Smith, Linnean. 



Long, 



