328 APIS. (**. e. I.) 



Par.B dlmidio minor; spinalis nigricantibus ; 

 abdominc segmento secundo maculis nigris 

 lateralibus obsoletis. 



y praecedenti dimidio minor; abdomine seg- 

 mento secundo immaculato, hirsutie ob- 

 scure fulva tecto, proximis duobiis basi hir- 

 sutis, atris. 



S abdomine fascia unica hirsuta atrd, alias y 

 simillima, et ejusdem magnitudinis. 

 f praecedenti minor, alias simillima. 

 Obs. In hac saltern varietate, si non in reliquis, 

 in adidtioribuSj corporis toti hirsuties Jit cine- 

 rea, etiam ani; trunci disco, ahdominisque fas- 

 cid media, hirsutis, atris. In omnibus apophy- 

 ses secundarice articulo secundo suhlus, vel po~ 

 tins antrorsum, tomentoso-ferrugineo, sed hoc 

 tomentum sub hirsutie longiori pallida plerum^ 

 que delitescit. 

 Maris MaxilUe barbi rufescenti. Antenrice tho- 

 racis {(trh longitudine, articulis subarcuatis, 

 Spinulw nigrac. Scopulcc dilutiores. ylbdomen 

 segmento secundo quartoque fascia atra. 

 Var. /3 abdomine fascid atra unic^. 

 The insect I have just described is the genuine 

 ^. sylvarum of Linneus, as appears from the au- 

 thentic specimen, but it is not the j4. sylvarum of 

 Schrank and Rossi, which we shall shortly notice ; 

 ji. Scylla of Christius seems intended for it, al- 

 though his figure, if so, is very inaccurately co- 

 loured. It is rather doubtful whether this be the 



insect 



