tOG APIS. (**. c. 2. I) 



Caput trnnco majus. Maocillic validae, aplce 



obtus^ tridentatac, dcnte intcriori obsoletius- 



culo, supra pilosac, lineis duabus elevatis no- 



tatae. j4ntenn(V vix capitis longitudine, fili- 



formes, piceo-nigrae. 



Truncus. SquamuliE piccac. Ala' infuscatae, 



albido nebulosas, nervis nigris. Pedes albido- 



hirti. Scopulce fuscae. 



Abdomen subglobosum, caerulescens, nitidius- 



culiim, segmentiSj posticis prsccipue, pilis albis 



ciliatis. Venter lana atra, baud densa, tectus. 



Var. B minor, corpore toto violaceo; alis hyali- 



nis, apice nigris. 



Maris Corpus scneum, grisescente-pubescens. 



Maxilla apice bidentatae. j4ntenn<r tenues, 



vix thorace breviores. Truncus supra hirsuto- 



fulvus. Alee subhyalinae, apice fuscesccntes, 



nervis piceis. Pedes fulvo-hirti, scopulis ful- 



vis. Abdomen fulvo-subvillosum, segmcntis 



margine fulvo ciliatis. Anus incurvus, emar- 



ginatas. Venter segmento ultimo bidentato(/)). 



^r. ^ major, viridi-aeneus ; corporis toti birsu- 



tie cinerascenti ; alis infuscatis, albido- 



nebulosis. 



y minor, cupreo-nitens ; corporis hirsutie 

 pallida. 



It will be expected that I assign my reasons for 

 regarding as sexual varieties of the same individual, 



(^)Tab. 10. c. 2.5. fig. 19. aa, 



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