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insect Ray meant by his Bomhylius, n. g, although 

 I think that most probably it is ; his description is 

 too short to enable me to determine with certainty. 

 Linneus has expressed the colour of the anus of 

 this bee by the term ruber, and Fabricius by rufus, 

 but it really exhibits alternate fascise of rufous and 

 pallid, a mixture of colours which Linneus, upon 

 some occasions, denominates griseus(z) . The reader 

 will observe that ^, y, and f, varieties of the neuter, 

 differ from each other in size, which will give three 

 dimensions of that sex ; may not § and t, which, 

 except in that respect, are exactly similar, belong 

 to a distinct species ? 



83. A. supra hirsuto-flava ; thoracis fascid atra. fragrans. 



Apis fragrans hirsuta flava, tliorace fascia nigr^. 

 Pallas. It. 1. p. 474. n. 75. 

 Lin. Si^si. Nat. Ed. Gmel. p. 2733. n.lll. 

 Apis pratorum. Fal. Ent. Syst. Em. ?i. 34. 

 Fill. Ent. Eur. 3. n.lll. 

 MUS. D. Marsham, Trimmer, Lnthlury, Kirly. 

 Long. Corp. Lin, 8. 

 Hub. Barhamiae, in floribus tempore autumnali, sed 

 rara. Recens insectum odore rosarum flagrans. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS supra hirsutie densa flav^, subtus ra- 

 riore pallida tectum. 



Caput hirsuto-nigricans. Proboscis vix tho- 

 race longior, palpis exterioribus acutis. Max- 

 illcB barba nigra. Frontem penicillus villorum 



(z) For instance in the description of Silpha grisea. 



Y 4 flaves- 



