APIS. (**. c. 2. ^) 269 



hairy, and the fringe of the segments of the abdo- 

 men is rufo-fulvous, and not white. 



De Geer informs us that the larvae of this Apis 

 are exposed to the attacks of more than one Ich- 

 neumon {s). Panzer has figured both sexes very 

 accurately. 



^6. A. nigra, rufo-villosa ; abdomine segmentis rwKewiw, • 

 margine pallidioribus ; ano masculo emargi- 

 nato. 



Apis Tiinensis nigra, thorace hirsute rufo, abdominis 



segmentis margine rufo-ciliatis. 

 Fab, Ent. Syst. Em. n. 87. 



Apis Tunetana. Lin. Syst. Nat. Ed. Gmel. p. 2/73. 

 72.71. 

 yiG. Apis aurulenta hirsuta, fulva, capita nigro, abdomine 

 atro, nitido, segmentis margine postico fulvo hirsutis, 

 subtus lana fulva. 

 Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.63. tab. 22 ? 

 MUS. D. Marsham, Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 4|. 

 Hah. In Suffolcia, a me apud Henley prope Gippovi- 

 cum, in aggere argillaceo tempore autumnali lecta. 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS fusco-nigrum, punctulatissimum, ru^ 

 fo-villosum. 



Caput magnum, ii/cta^"//^ validae, prominentes, 

 supra tomentoso-fulvescentes, apice triden- 

 tatae, dente exteriori acuto. AntenrKe vix 

 capitis longitudine, tenues, subfiliformes. 



{$) Tom, 2. ptie. 2, p. 753, 887, 888. Amongst others to 

 Ichneumon Apum. Vill. Ent. Eur. 3. n. 249. 



Truncus 



