FAMILIiE. 

 of the different families of Jpis, and that it had 

 been in my power to have dra^^^l them all from 

 variations of the same part, but this was not pos- 

 sible, without doing the utmost violence to nature. 

 To make this evident, to the satisfaction of the 

 judicious naturalist, I will draw out a scheme of 

 an artificial division of the species of this genus, 

 in which all the characters of the families and their 

 subdivisions shall be taken from the exterior and 

 interior palpi, and he will see what confusion will 

 be the result. 



APIS. * Palpls exterioribus sexarticulatis. 



a. Palpis interioribus quadriarticulatis, 



b. Palpis interioribus biarticulatis. 



# * Palpis exterioribus quinquearticulatis.* 

 * * * Palpis exterioribus quadriarticuktis. 

 * * * * Palpis exterioribus biarticulatis. 



a. Palpis interioribus biarticulatis. 



b. Palpis interioribus exarticulatis, 

 ***** Palpis exterioribus exarticulatis. 



This scheme looks very fair and harmonious upon 

 paper, but if we arrange our j4pes according to it, 

 our cabinets will exhibit a scene of confusion and 

 discord. j4pis violacea and its affinities will be 

 separated from the Bombinairices, to which they 

 are most nearly allied, and be placed by the side 

 of the Fespiform Nomads, which they resemble 

 in nothing but the number of the articulations of 

 the exterior palpi : the whole natural family dis- 

 K tinguished 



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