FAMILIiE. {Jpis. **. a.) J.49 



MaxiUis dente obsoleto, laterali ; Antennis filiformi' 

 Idus, pedicello subgloboso, aplce articulo primo 

 longiori, conico; SquamuUs magnis; Tibiis posticis 

 scopa nulla pollinifera ; Unguiculis integris ; Pul- 

 villo emarginato; Ahdpmine ovato, acuto, seg- 

 jnento ultimo minuto. 



Maris Uns^uiculi dente interiori submembra- 

 Txaceo. Palvillus integer. Alias feminae mas 

 simillimus, et, nisi numcro antcnnoB articulo- 

 rum, et segmentorum abcjominalium, yix distin- 

 guendus. 



Imago non pollinifera. 



Of this family I have as yet discovered only a 

 single English species, viz. Apis punctata of Fa- 

 bricius; I have observed several exotic insects in 

 Sir Joseph Banks's Cabinet which belong to it, as 

 does likewise the Apis luctuosa of Scopoli. These 

 insects, although at first sight they appear very 

 different, if closely examined will be found to be 

 nearly related to the preceding family (/j). Their 

 antennas are similar, as are likewise their maxillae, 

 iind their posterior tibiae are also without the pollir 

 niferous scopa. 



Mr. James Trimmer has discovered both the 

 sexes oi A. punctata in the nidi of ^. retusa. I 

 have observed it follow that bee into its burrows in 

 gravelly banks in the spring; I have also seen it 

 enter holes in clay walls which might probably lead 



(p) An hujus generis? Lubenter ad Norn ados proscriberem. 

 Panzer, de Ape punctatd, n. 35. t. 23. 



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