324 APIS. (**. t.2.) 



Far. /S duplo minor; digitis ferrugineis. 



Obs. Jn utriusque sexus adultioribus thoracis et 



ani hirsuties cinerascit. 

 Memorice D. Beckwith Angli, Entomologi peri' 



tissimi, hoc insectum consecratur. 



This insect very rmich resembles A.Jloralis, but 

 instead of four narrow ones, the abdomen is distin- 

 guished by one broad black band only ; as each of 

 these has, likewise, a male agreeing with it, I think 

 I am justified in considering them as distinct spe- 

 cies. Variety ^ of this sex is not half the size of 

 «. I have observed not seldom a variation in the 

 size of individuals of this sex, which leads me to 

 suspect that, in each nest, there may be two de- 

 scriptions of males as well as of neuters. 



Curtis- "JQ. A. hirsuto-pallida ; thorace fulvo; abdomine 

 atro, basi rufescenti. 



MUS. D. Marsham, Kirly. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 4^ — 5^. 

 Hal. Barbamiae, cum praecedcntibus, sed rarior. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS hirsuto-pallidum. 



Caput hirsuto-flavescens, immistis pilis sparsis 

 atris. Maxilhe supra pallidae. uintenncu tho- 

 racis fere longitudine, articulis subarcuatis. 



Truncus supra hirsuto-fulvus. Squamuhe fer- 

 rugineae. uilcr subcoloratas, apice obscuri- 

 ores; nervis ferrugineis, costS picea. Pedes 

 atro-hirti, fcmorum barba pallid^. Tibia' apice 



obscurd 



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