APIS. (**. c. 2. «.) 247 



Long. Corp, Lin. 6. 

 Hal. In Suffblcia. Apud Somersham prope Ipswich, 

 in aggere aprico argillaceoj Julio ineunti l^QS, semel 

 capta. 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS ateirimum, villosum. 



Caput. Maxilhe validae, stibforcipatao, apice 

 quadridentatsB dentibus rotundatis extimo acu- 

 tiusculo(/j). Antenna: capitis longitudine, 

 sabclavatae. 



Tkuncus supra lanugine flavescenti vestitus. 

 Squamulcp nigrse. Ahc fusco-ncbulosae, ner- 

 vis piceis. Pedes hirti. Digitl articulo ex- 

 timo piceo. 



Abdomen subglobosumj supra convexiim, basi 

 lanuginoso-flavescenS;, ano piloso atro. P^en- 

 ter lana atrA. 



Tills insect departs somewbat from the general 

 habit of this subdivision, the upper side of the ab- 

 domen being convex, instead of flat; it seems to 

 approach ver}^ near to Geofft'oy's " Abeille ma- 

 qonne \ poils roux ;" but as he describes his as 

 having tawny hairs upon its head and legs, which 

 is not the case with ours, I have added a mark of 

 interrogation to his synonym. My specimen, the 

 only one I ever saw, I took creeping upon a clay 

 bank of a southern aspect, not in the neighbour- 

 hood of any wall. 



■^^ (/>)Tab.8. fig. IG. 



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