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H. F. A. Corpus oblongiusciiliim, subpilosum ; 

 Capite trunco latiori, rotundato ; Prohoscide an- 

 gusta, glabra ; Lingua acuta, utrinque auriciilatd ; 

 Tuho conico, apice obsolete tridentato ; Valvulis 

 apice brevissimo, obtuso, ciliato, intus fisso ; Palpis 

 jnterioribus fractis, articulo primo longiori, arcuato, 

 incuiTO; AnmiloWnt^iVi', Stemmatibusmin2ing\Ao-f 

 OpuHs distantibus ; Naso inasquali ; Lahio inflexo, 

 antice emarginato, setis ciliato ; Maxillis forcipatis, 

 apice bidentatis dente exteriori longiore ; j4ntennis 

 approximatisj scapo elongate, pedicello subgloboso, 

 apice articulo primo subconico ; Trunco ovato ; 

 Metathorace ruguloso, inaequali ; Ahdomine sub- 

 ovato, supra gibbo. 



Maris Corpus angustum, subcylindricum. Fades 

 infra antennas tomentosa. Labium angustius, an- 

 tice subemarginatum. Maxillce edentul^. Antennce 

 submoniliformes. 

 Imago pollinilega. 



From an insect of this family Reaumur con- 

 structed the genus which he has called Proaheille. 

 It begins what I regard as legitimate Melittce, dis- 

 tinguished by an acute tongue, furnished on each 

 side with a membranaceous auricle, the three last 

 joints of the interior palpi forming an angle with 

 the first. By the assistance of this tongue, as I 



(a) Tab. 2. **, a, Proaleille, Reaum. Nomada, DeGeer, 

 Scop, andFah. 



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