GENERA. 119 



Palmce basi strigile intus instructas, 



segmento circuli dempto. 

 PlantcF, posticse praecipue, scopula 



intus vestitas. 

 Uns^ies \xn^\\\c\.\\\s bifidis in omni 

 sexii. 

 Abdomen. Tergum aculeatis sex segmentorum, 

 inaribus septem. 

 Aculeus ScTpius punctorius^ subulatus, 

 retmctilis. 

 Obs. Corporis pili plerumque plumosi. 



Larva apoda, carnosa, plicata, supra 

 convexa, subtus planiuscula, cel- 

 lulis subterraneis ut plurimLim 

 degens, polline antherarum melle 

 mixto sagpius enutrita. 

 Pupa incompleta, folliculo inclusa. 

 Imago mellisuga, saepius pollinilega. 



APIS. Character Esseiitialis. 



Aculeus punctorius. Lingua elongata, 

 inflexa(<i). 



Character Artijicialis. 

 Os prodoscide fracta, inflexa, linguam 



cylindricam, elongatani, exercnte. 

 Antenna medias, aculeatis articulis 1 3 ; 



maribus articulis 14. 



(d) The HebrcAV name of the bee mill "7, derived from 

 '^^'^y to speak, seems to direct us to the iongiic for its Esscu' 

 t'tal Character. 



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