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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, 

 medio flexa, apice membranacca, la- 

 teribiis dilatatis. 



Labium compressum, corneiim, in medio 

 fiexum, quinquefidum ; laciniis mem- 

 branaceis, exterioribus duabus dilatatis, 

 apice palpigeris; sequentibus paiil6 

 brevioribus, tenuissimis, interiori tereti 

 pilosd. 



j4ntenna cylindricae, articulo primo glo-r 

 boso. 



Character Artificialis. 



Os lingua septemfida. 



Labium quinquefidum, laciniis interme- 



diis majoribus, apice palpigeris. 

 Ajitenn^ cylindricas. 



This genus seems free from adulteration, by the 

 mixture of discordant species ; but the characters 

 are not accurate. The exterior palpi are sexar- 

 ticulate (g), and the interior, instead of being qua- 

 driarticulate, consist only of two joints {h). The 

 Artijicial Character both of this genus and the pre- 

 ceding is well drawn up, and sufficient, when ap- 

 plied only to its proper subjects. But in Apis, 

 " Lingua quinquejida is not applicable, for the pro- 

 boscis, if it be closely examined, it will be found to 

 be septemfida (?'). In the second member of the 

 Artificial Character, instead of " intermediis," the 



(g) Tab. 10. **. d. 1. fig. 1. cl. (h) Ibid. fig. 2. c c, 



(i) Tab, 13. fig. 1. 



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