APIS. (^^. e.±) 373 



llO. A. hirsuta, aterrima. Harris- • 



eUa. 

 FIG. Tab. IS Jig. 7. Acu\. Jlid.fg.S. Mar,. 



Apis retusa. Christii Hijiiioiopt. p. 133. tal. p. fig. 4. 



Mas. 



iVIUS. D. Marsham, Haworth, Kirhj. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 8 — 10. 



Huh. Barliamiae. Mas a nobis bis atque iteram capta, 



Femina semel a D. Sowerby. 



DESCR. Acul. 



CORPUS atrum, hirsiitum. 



Caput. Os et Nasus ferrngineo-barbata. 



Truncus immaculatus. Sguamulce nigro-pi- 

 ceas. ^Ice subcoloratae, apice obscuriores, ner- 

 vis nigricantibus. Pedes atri, hirti. Scopuhe 

 atque Digiti ferruginea. 



Abdomen oblongum, totum atrum, hlrsutum, 

 ano minus nigro. 



Obs. Jn nostra specimine abdomen antJce piinctis 

 duohus alhidis insi.gnUur. An sit luec notd 

 constans nondmn compertum. haheo. 



Marls Caput triangulare. MaxilLe supra palli- 

 das, barba rufescenti. Antennae trunco bre- 

 viores, artj^ulis subarcuatis. /Ibdomen ex ova- 

 te oblongum, ano obtuso. Venter nigricantc 

 birsutulus. 



I cannot belp suspecting that the male of this 

 may be the original A. acervorinn of Linneus. 



over the male Bomlinatrices, I found the niaxilL-s of all were 

 covered with pale or tawny down, though most remarkably ia 

 this species. 



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