334 APIS. (**. c. 2.) 



Memoru^D.Ijee de Hammersmith, el Filiae, qui 

 insecta quamplurima rarissima, tarn exotica 

 quam indigena, colli gehanty hcec Apis inscri- 

 bitur. 

 A. Leeana is extremely similar to the preceding 

 species but the hair of its vertex, and of the ante- 

 rior half of its abdomen, is black. Both are of the 

 same sex. Of the two, this is much the most rare. 



Francis' 87. A. atra, hi'siijn^ ano flavescenti. 



''"^' MUS. D. Marshavi^riy. 



Long, Corp. Lin. 5| — 6|. 

 Hah. Barhamiae, bis capta. 



DESCR. Mas. 



CORPUS atrum, hirsutum. 



Caput subglobosum, immaculatum. Antennce 

 thoracis vix longitudine, articulis subarcuatis. 



Truncus supra hirsuto-nigricans. Sqiiamulic 

 piceae. Alee subcoloratae, nervis, excepto cos- 

 tali piceo, ferrugineis. Pedes atri, hirti. Spi 

 nulce nigrae. Scopula ferrugineae. Digiti picei 



Abdomen subtriangulare, segmento penultimo 

 et antepenultimo subinterrupte hirsuto-fla- 

 vescentibus. 



In honorem Rev. D. Francis Jungerjnanniarum 

 Kn^idifuturi elucidatoris, qui et in Entomo- 

 logid muhum necfrustra sudavit. 



The whole hirsutics of this bee is black, except 

 a subiiiterrupted yellowish band at the tail. I sus- 



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