156 FAMILI^. {Apis. **. c. 2. a.) 



a subdivision to include them. Upon their epo^ 

 ' pomy and history I can say nothing. 



* #. c. 2. a. (z) 



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

 trunci fere latitudine, rotundato ; Lingua subinvo- 

 luta; Tuho apice tridentato dentibus aequalibus; 

 Laciniis exterioribus articulis aequalibus ; interiori- 

 bus brevibus^ acutis; Valvulis apice lanceolato- 

 lineari, concavo, incurvo, submembranaceo, line4 

 longitudinali cornea ; Palpis omnibus biarticulatis ; 

 Facie planluscula ; Stpmmatihus in triangulo ; La- 

 lio inflexo, elongate, concavo- con vexo ; Maxillis 

 prominentibus, validissimis, apice dilatatis et den- 

 tatis; Antennis subfiliformibus, pedicello teretius- 

 culo, apice articulo primo subconico ; Tihiis pos- 

 ticis scopa, baud densa, pollinifera; Plantis dila- 

 tatis ; Unguiculis latere interiori denticulo armatis. 

 Ahdomine horizontali vel ascendenti, basi retuso, 

 tergo planiusculo, yentre lana densa polliniferl 

 vestito. 



Maris Plantce angustiores. Unguiculi apic^ 

 bifidi. Anus obtusus, incurvus, interdum emargi- 

 natus, segmento ultimo minuto, inflexo. 



The second section of this family includes all 

 those insects the under side of whose abdomen, in 

 the aculeates,4s clothed with a coat of hairs, usually 

 very thick, and set like those of a brush, involved 

 in which they convey the pollen to their cells. The 



(x) Tab. 8. Andrena, Apis, Fab. Coupeuses defeuilles. Reaum. 



individuals 



