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7. Fam. 10. Machoires et laiigue tres-alongeca/ 

 deux oil trois fois plus longues que la tete, dirigees 

 en avant dans I'lnaction;, et dont la base ressort 

 inferieurement de la cavite ou elles sont logees. 

 Partie saillant de la langue evasee, a trois divisions, 

 plus courte que la gaine : celle-ci longue, cylin- 

 drique. Antennules courtes, filiformes^ de six et 

 quatre articles. 



The tubus, here called, la game, in this division 

 is often conical, and the palpi are setaceous rather 

 than filiform. Here are arranged the two Fabri- 

 cian genera Hyl^its and Andrena, with these cha- 

 racters : 



HYL^US. Antennes inserees au milieu du front, 

 courtes, grosses; premier article 

 alonge, les autres formant presque 

 une masse cylindrique, divergente ; 

 filiformes dans d'autres. Langue 

 large ; division du milieu echancree, 

 dentelee, ciliee. 



This character was probably taken from Apis an- 

 nulata, Lin., to which it applies very well, as does 

 also his Caractere Hahituel of this genus ; but the 

 intermediate piece of the tongue is truncate, rather 

 than emarginate {h). He would of course exclude 

 from it A. maxillosa, truncorum, &:c. which belong 

 to his next family, and I should suppose also Hy- 



(Z)Tab. 1. *. b. fig. 1. c. 



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