APIS. (**. e. 2.) 353 



Obs. Fascice thoracicce rudimenta, tamen valde 

 obscurata etfer^ evanida, retinet hcec varietas. 



Maris Maxillce pallidas, barba rufescenti. Tho- 

 rax hirsutie an tica pallida flav4/. luted. Tibice 

 posticae supra glabriusculae, pilis lateralibus 

 cinerascentibus. Scopul^e fuscae. Abdomen 

 subglobosum, fascid media pallide flava/. luteii* 



Var. ^ thoracis basi, abdominisque fascid, fulvis ; 

 ano pallido. 



Obs. Hujus Ap\s palpi exteriores longiores quam 

 vulgo obtinet in hdcfamilid. 



I had followed my friend Mr. Marsham in con- 

 sidering variety y as a distinct species, on account 

 of its tawny anus, at the same time still suspecting 

 from its great similarity in other respects to j4. ter- 

 restriSf that it might be merely a variety of that 

 insect. Reaumur's observation upon this species, 

 gave strength to this suspicion — " Ceux (les poils) 

 de la troisieme (bande) ou du bout du corps, sont 

 blancs o[jLJaundtres(h)," says he; and receiving in- 

 formation from Mr. James Trimmer, that he had 

 found this in the same nest with a, I was convinced 

 at last that my suspicion was well founded, and 

 that it ought only to be considered as a sexual va- 

 riety. I take it to be the female, from the circum- 

 stance of its making its appearance early in the 

 spring. The synonym of Ray belongs to one that 

 retains the faintest trace possible of the yellow band 



{h) Reaum. torn. 6, Mem. 1. p. 34. 



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