270 APIS. (**. c. 2. 5.) 



Truncus supra rufo-subhirsutus, subtus pube 

 pallidiori. Squamulcp ferrugineae. Ahe fus- 

 cescentcs, albido subnebulosae, nervis nigri- 

 cantibus. Pedes rufesccnte-hirti, scopulis fer- 

 rugincis. Tibiarum Spinulce tcstacea?. 

 Abdomen subglobosiim, pube ferruginea, nisi 

 a latere vix conspicua, mollc ; segmcntis mar- 

 gine villoso-pallidioribus. Fenter lana dcnsa, 

 ferruginea vestitus. 

 Maris Corpus subtus villoso-pallidum, supra fer- 

 rugineo-hirsutum. Maxilhe forcipatae^ supra 

 glabrae, apice bidentatae dente exteriori prae- 

 longo, interiori obsoletiusculo, truncate. Fa- 

 des ante antennas vcllere denso cinerascenti 

 tecta. jintennce thorace brcviores. AUe hya- 

 linae, apice obscuriores. Pedes pallido-hirti. 

 Spinulce nigrac. Abdomen obscure nigro- 

 aeneum, per fascias hirsutum. Anus incur- 

 vus, emarginatus. Venter apice bidentatus. 

 Obs. In maribus segmentorum abdominaliumjim- 



hria marginalis hand albescit. 

 This insect answers thedc>;cription which Fabri- 

 cius has given of his A. Tunensis so well, that I think 

 there can be little doubt of its being synonymous 

 with it. I am not u) certain that it is the A. auru- 

 lenta of Panzer, as his figure and description, al- 

 though they come very near, do not quite coin- 

 cide with my s})ecimcns of it. I do not know that 

 it has been taken in England by any one besides 

 Dr. Goodcnough and myself. 



57. A, 



