140 FAMILIvE. (Melltta.**.h. c.) 



dinary length of the lora, the different form of 

 their lip, and the white tip of the nasus, will suffi- 

 ciently point them out. The wings of some of the 

 smaller species are most splendidly decorated with 

 the hues of the heavenly bow. The insects of this, 

 nidificate much in the same manner with those of 

 the preceding family, in bare banks: it includes 

 Hylceus albipes, arhustorum, ahdominalis, cylin- 

 dricus, annulatus, interruptus, and ^pis suhaurata 

 ?iXidi Jlavipes of Panzer's elegant work, in the two 

 last, which are of an aculeate sex, he has noticed 

 the anal rima(e). 



* #. c. (/) 



H. F. A. Corpus oblongum, villosum ; Capite 

 trunci latitudine, nunc rotundato, nunc subtri- 

 angulari, depressiusculo ; Prohoscide crassiuscula 

 villosa; Lingua utrinque auriculata, auriculis lin- 

 guae lateribus sagpius perpendicularibus, unde has-- 

 tata evadit, apice reflexo/. sursum plicatili; Tuho 

 lineari, apice tridentato dente intermedio majori; 

 ValvuUs apice semicordato, acuminate, brevi, est 

 ubi cultriformi, ciliato; Palpis interioribus fractis, 

 articulo primo longiori, arcuato, incurvo ; Annulo 

 !5ubovato; Stevimatihus in triangulo, interdum et 

 in linea curva; Naso convexo, distincto; Lahio 



(e) Fn. Germ. Init. n.7- t. 15. n.46. t.l4, n.53. t.l8. n.55. 

 t. 2, 3, 4. n, 56. t. 4. 17. (/) Tab. 3, 4. **. c. ^«- 



drcna. Apis, Nomada, Fab. Des Aheilles qui creusent la terre 

 pQur yfaire leur nids. Reauni, 



antice 



