260 APIS, (**. c. 2. y. S.) 



been rubbed off, an accident to which these ani- 

 mals are very subject. Christius has given an 

 u4. truncorum, but it is a very different insect. 

 Panzer's figure is tolerably accurate, he has made 

 the tip of the wings rather too dark. The syno- 

 nym of Fabricius seems to me rather dubious, for 

 he says of his " abdomine — subtus cinereo-hirsuto," 

 which is not the case with A. truncorum ; in a spe- 

 cimen long disclosed, however, the hairs on the 

 underside of the abdomen might turn to cinereous ; 

 and Panzer observes upon this species " variat ab- 

 dominis lana subtus cinere^ et flava." 



* *. c. 2. i5. 

 Icucome- 52. A. aterrima, albido-subvillosa ; abdomine seg- 

 '"""• mentis margine utrinque albis, ventre lani 



cinerascenti. 



MUS. Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 3|-. 

 Hal. Coddenhamiae prope Needham Market in SufFol- 

 cia, a me in pineto quodam tempore autumnali in 

 floribus Leontodontis semel lecta. 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS aterrimum, nitidum, levissim^ punc- 



tulatum, pube albescenti subincanum. 

 Caput. Maxillce apice tridentatae. Antennce 



subclavatae, capitis longitudine, nigrae, apice 



subtus nigro-piceo. 

 Trcncus postice satis villosus. Squamulce ater- 



rimae, nitidx. Alec infuscataSj nervis nigris. 



Tedes 



