^3 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



better to the ^pes that he has included In this ge- 

 nus, than to the Melilt^e, the summit of whose 

 valvulce, which are not much shorter than the 

 tongue, is coriaceous. In the ^pes, these have 

 sometimes a membranaceous margin. The de- 

 finition of the labium will apply only to jipis. 



APIS. Character Natiiralis. 



Os maxillis, palpis, lingudque inflexa quin- 



quefida. 

 Palpi quatuor brevissimi, inaequales, fili- 

 formes. 



y^nteriores paulo longiores, sexarticulati, 

 articulis asqualibus, flexurae maxillaa 

 adhaerentes. 

 Posteriores quinquearticulati articulis 

 aequalibiis, sub apice laciniarum cx- 

 teriorum labii inscrti. 

 Mandihula porrecta, cornea, recta, obtusa, 



dentata. 

 Maxilla porrecta, cornea, basi cylindrica, 

 cum labio connata, apice compressa, acu- 

 ta, integra marginibus membranaceis, 

 in medio inflexa, laciniam linguae exte- 

 riorem constituens. 

 Labium porrectum, corneum, basi cylindri- 

 cum, apice trifidum, laciniis lateralibus 

 dilatatis, membranaceis, sub apice pal- 

 pigeris; intermedia longiori, retractili, 

 tereti, pilosa, lacinias interiores lingu£e 



constituens. 



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