Apis. (**. e. 2.) 341 



imis duobus hirsutis, atrls^ Anus hirsuto- 

 albus, apice subacuminatus. 

 Var. $ major ; abdominis basi utrinque macula, 

 citrina; villi flavescentes etiam albedini ani 

 incumbunt. 



y dimidio minor ^ thoracis cingulo scutel- 

 loque citrino. 



§ praecedente dimidio minor, alias simillima. 



Maris Maxillce pallidas, barba nigra. Antenrue 



thoracis fere longitudine, articulis subarcuatiso 



Thorax cingulo scutelloqtie citrinis. Tibi^ 



posticae nigrae. Scopula fuscse. Anus apice 



extremd atro-villosus. 



Var. /3 thoraci's cinguli, scutelli, abdominisque 



fiavedine valde obs'cura et fere evanida. 



Linneus, in his description of this insect, takes 

 ho notice of the yellow hairs which cover its scu- 

 tellum. This circumstance induced Fabricius to 

 consider another as A. hortorum, and to give this 

 as a new species under the name of ^. ruderata. 

 it is, however, the genuine A. hortorum, as appears 

 upon a comparison of it with the autheiitic speci- 

 men of the Linnean cabinet. The Fabrician Ai 

 hortorum stands by it, but without a label. The 

 synonyms of Scopoli seem to belong to a variety of 

 A. terrestris, for he describes it in these terms : 

 " Thorace antice flavo ; abdomine fascia flava : 

 apice albo(c?)." To suit the insect before us^ or 



{d) Ent, Car. n. 81 ;. Ann. Hist. Nat. 4. p. 10. n. 2. 



z 2 that 



