320 -A. PIS. (**. e. 2.) 



L'oscts capita longior. Fades circa basin an- 

 tennamm cinereo-villosa. 

 Tkuncus supra hirsuto-fal\Tis. Squamiilcc tes- 

 tacea?. ^hr subcoloratap, apice obscuriores, 

 nenis ferrugineis costa nigra. Pedes atro- 

 hirti. Femora barba cinerascenti. Tihicp pos- 

 ticus corbicula atra. ScopuLv fusco-nigrae. 

 Spinulce nigrse. Digiti rufo-picei. 

 Abdomex subglobosum, supra hirsuto-fulvum, 

 basi penicillo pilorum cinerascentium utrin- 

 que omatum. 

 Far. ^ minor; scopulis \-ix auratis; abdomine 



fascia obscura nigricanti. 

 D. Francillon, cujus museum ditissimum stupeU" 

 dos insectorum thesauros, item quamplurimorum 

 dilineationes accuratissimas exhibet, hoc in^ 

 secium nomine insis:nitur. 

 This insect would by many be placed aside as a 

 variety merely of the preceding, which indeed, at 

 first sight, it resembles much; a close inspection 

 will, however, con\-ince the skilful entomologist 

 that it is distinct. The hair of its head, except 

 what grows round the base of tlie antennae, is 

 black, as is also the corbicula of the posterior ti- 

 bia; the abdomen is of a different form, and its 

 hair is of the same colour with that of the thorax, 

 not to mention slighter differences ; besides, which 

 I think is a strong argument, its smallest neuter 

 is less than that of ^. muscorum ; so that were this 

 admitted to belong to that species, it would have 

 neuters of three different magnitudes. 



76. A. 



