JI^Pj FAMILL^. {Melitta. *. a.) 



tinguished by an inflected lip, will be broken up, 

 and ^pis manicata and variegata will go into the 

 same family with the Bomhinatrices. 



I shall now proceed, as I proposed above, to 

 offer a few observations on each family, with some 

 account of its history and economy, preceded by a 

 synopsis of its peculiar characters. 



MELITTA. *. a. {r) 



Hujus Familise Aculeatis Corpus oblongluscu- 

 lum, villosum ; Capite trunci latitudine, subtrian- 

 gulari ; Prohoscide glabriusculA ; Lingua tubulosa, 

 biloba lobls divaricatis, apice laceris ; Tuho conico, 

 apice tridentato ; Vahulis apice plicato, rotundato, 

 margine exteriori ciliato, basis longitudine; An- 

 mdo subrotundo ; Stemmatihus in linea curvd ; 

 Oculis distantibus; Lahio antice obtusangulo ; 

 MaxilUs subedentulis ; Antennis basi approximates, 

 scapo elongate, pedicello subgloboso, apice articulo 

 primo conico ; Trunco subgloboso ; Pedihus, pos- 

 ticis praecipue, polliniferis ; Abdomine declivi, vel 

 ovato, vel subconico, acuto. 



Maris Corpus angustius. Maxillae apice biden- 

 tatae. Pedes minils villosi. 



I have placed this family at the head of the 

 genus because, in the form of its tongue, it ap- 

 proaches to Philanthus, as observed above, and 

 also to Fespa. The shape of this organ seems 



(r) Tab. 1. *. a. Andrena, Fab. Latr. Des Aleilles dont 

 le$ nids sont Jails d'especes de meinlranes sot/euses. Reaum. 



calculated 



