250 APIS. (**. c. 2. /5.) 



mento antepcnultimo maculis tantum dua- 



bus mediis flavis. 

 Maris Maxillce apice tridentatac(r). Fades ante 

 antennas flava macula posticii media nigra. 

 Pedes albido-hirti. Femora nigra, apice sub- 

 tus dente obtuso utrinque instructa. Tibia 

 quatuor anteriores apice flavae, cunctae subtus 

 barba densa alba. Planter albo hirsutissimae. 

 Palmer iflavae. j4pophi/ses posticae articulo 

 secundo intus obtusangulo(.9). Jfbdomen cilia 

 dens^, incur\'^, pallida utrinque ornatum, seg- 

 nicnto penpltimo maculis duabus sublunatis 

 flavis picto, utrinque spind incurv^ armato^f), 

 ultimo spinis tribus incurvis instructo, inter- 

 medio recto breviori, lateralibus divaricatis(M). 

 ^nus sacpe valde inflexus. 

 Pbs. Abdominis segmenta intermedia in angulum 

 f. dentem obtusum protensa{oc). Plantce inter- 

 dumjiavcE, 



Linneus in his definition of this insect seems to 

 have overlooked the spines \vliich arm the last seg- 

 ment but one of the abdomen of the male ; for 

 instead of being tridentate the anus is in fact qnin- 

 quedentate. This error has been rectified by Fa- 

 bricius. The synonym of Swammerdam evidently 

 belongs to A. manicata, and not to ui. qnadrideU" 

 tata, for the dorsal spots of the abdomen, and fivQ 



(r) T^ab. p. 2. /8. fig. 7. (s) Ibid. fig. 12. b. 



(/) Ibid. fig. 11. I'l-. {u) Ibid, c (x) Ibid, a. 



spinc^ 



