2SQ APIS. (*♦. d. 1.2. a.) 



Caput. Proboscis brevis. Maxillae apice rufae, 

 Labium luteum limbo nigricanti. Nasus fla- 

 vescens. Antennce corporis vix longitudine, 

 piceae, subtus fulvae, scapo pedicelloque nigris. 



Truncus. Squamulce nigral, villosulae. Alee 

 hyalinae, nervis ferrngineis. Pedes cinereoa 

 hirti, tarsis articulo extimo rufo. 



Abdomen villosum, segmentis fascia medid vil- 

 loso-albidS, penultimo et antepenultimo utrin- 

 que dente acuto armatis. 



In honorem D. Druiy, operis entomologici splen- 

 didissimi auctoris, cujus museum insectorum 

 rarissimorum undique conquisitorum gazophy- 

 lacium ditissimum, hanc Apem ab illo accep-, 

 tarn, nominavi. 



This rare insect is extremely distinct from any 



of the preceding ones, and appears to have been 



hitherto unnoticed; the teeth which arm the last 



^ segments of the abdomen, furnish an excellent 



characteristic, 



# #. d. 2. a. 



bimacula-63, A. nigra, cinereo-subvillosa; facie antic^, ore- 

 ^* que, flavescentibus ; ano tomentoso-incano. 



FIG, Jpis limacidata atra griseo pubescens^ fionte flavi 

 maculis duabus atris, abdomine apice bifido, fasciij 

 apicequc giuseis. 

 Panzer. Fn. Ins. Germ. Init. n.55. tal. 17. 

 MUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Dmry, Kirly. 

 Long. Corp. Lin. 4^. 



Hal, 



