GENERA. 1 1 7 



Apis : this name is also used by Scopoli ; but as it 

 has been usually employed by Fabricius and his 

 followers to denote a very different family of Apes, 

 the adoption of it might occasion some confusion. 

 To avoid this I have called it Melitta, the Attic 

 dialect of [/.:Kia-a-oc, the Greek name for Apis, which 

 itself is' ^re-occupied in botany. 



I shall now proceed to give the Essential, Arti- 

 Jicial, and Natural Characters of both genera_, 

 beginning with 



MELITTA. Character Essentialis. 



Aculeus punctorius. Lingua apice 

 brevis, porrecta, planiuscula, vagina 

 subcylindrica. 



Character Artijicialis. 



Os proboscide subcylindrica, porrecta, 



linguam brevem, planiusculam, ex- 



erente. 

 Antennae mediae, aculeatis subclavatse 



articulis 1 3 ; maribus iiliformes ar^ 



ticulis 14. 

 Ociili laterales, sub-ovales, integri. 

 Alee planse. 

 Aculeus punctorius, reconditus. 



Character Naturalis (c) . 



Caput, Os proboscide subcylindricA, trifida aut 

 quinquefid^. 



(c)Tab. 1 — 4. 



I 3 Lingua 



