S68 APIS. (**. e. 2.) 



Tkuncus ater, immaculatus. Squajhultp mgrak 

 jilce subhyalinc-E, apice nervisqu^ nigricanti- 

 bus. Per/e^atri, hirti. T/YvVr posticnc corbiculi 

 rufd. Sp'inuhe castaneae. Scopultp ferrugineae. 

 Digiti picei, articulo extiirio rubcllo. 



Abdomen triangiilare, hirsutum, atrum, seg- 

 mentis tribus iiltimis ferrugineo-rufis. 



Maris Caput subglobosum. j^ntenncv thorace 

 breviores. Alee apice immaculatce. Pedei 

 rufo-hirti. jinus e pallido fulvescetis. 



Memorise Johannis Ray tj? ttutj^ hcec Apis in- 

 scribttur. 



This j4pis is so similar to A. lapidaria, that, if 

 known, it has probably been confounded with it, 

 it differs, however, in the shape of its, exterior pal- 

 pi (^) and abdomen. Its corbicula is red, and its 

 anus is paler. The accurate eye of Ray detected 

 these differences, and he has given it as a distinct 

 species, for his description makes it evident that he 

 means the same insect. " Superiore" (viz. A. la- 

 pidaria) " diiplo minor est," says he, " et insigni 

 nota ab co differt, nimirum quod superius inter- 



(k) Tliis is a strong character, as the exterior palpi in all the 

 aculcates, at least, of J. lapidaria are elongate, very slender, 

 and filiform. I have affixed a mark of interrogation to thii 

 character, because the envelope, in which I preserve this pro- 

 boscis, is labelled A. lapidaria second magnitude. But as I 

 formerly looked upon A. Raiclla as a variety of that iitsect, and 

 all the others have similar posterior palpi, I have little or no 

 doubt tJiat this proboscis belongs to the one before us. 



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