APIS. (**, e. 2.) 361 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS atrum, hirsutum. 



Caput. Pro^'o^m vix thorace longior. 0^ bar- 

 M rufescenti. 



Truncus. Thorax basi hirsutle densa flava. 

 Squamulce piceae. u4lce fascescentes, apice 

 pauIo obscuriores, nervis nigris. Pedes atri, 

 hirti. Spinulce nigras. Scopulce ferruglneas. 

 Digiti obscure ferruginei. 



Abdomen oblongum, hirsutum, atrum, ani ex- 

 tremitate fulva. 



Far. /3 dimidio minor ; scopulls fuscis. 



y praecedenti duplo minor ; alls subcoloratis 

 nervis ferrugineis; abdomine subgloboso. 



Obs. In plerisque rudimenta, ohscurissima tam^n, 

 fasciae anticce Jlavescentis abdomen exhihet. 



This is the genuine A. pratorum of the Linncan 

 cabinet ; A. arhnstorum of Fabricius, which he gives 

 as A. pratorum, is a different insect, as we shall see 

 hereafter. I have a strong suspicion that the one 

 before us is nothing more than a variety of ^^. sub- 

 interrupta, before described, for a very faint trace 

 of a yellow fascia is observable upon the abdomen 

 of a. and iS, but not upon y ; this last is the small- 

 est Bombinatrix with which I am acquainted. 



104. A. atra, hirsuta, ano rufo; thoracis limbo, ^/^i«e//a ■ 

 abdominisque lateribus, cinerascentibus. 



FIG. Apis f rut etorujn hirsuta nigra, thorace cinerascente fas- 

 cia nigra, abdomine basi cinerascentCj ano fulvo. 



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