172 FAMILIiE. {Jpls. **. c. 2. /S.) 



rotundato; Lingua subinvolut^; Tubo dentibus 

 Jateralibus obsoletis ; Fulcro elongato, subclavato ; 

 Laciniis exterioribus articulis subEeqiialibus, inte- 

 rioribus lineari-lanceolatis, acutis; Falvulis apice 

 lanceolato-lineari, concavo, incurvo, submembra- 

 naceo, line^ longitudinali cornea; Palpis exteri- 

 oribus exarticulatis, pilosis ; Stemmatibiis in trian- 

 gulo; Naso convexo, distincto; Lahio elongato, 

 inilexo, concavo-convexo; Maxillis forcipatis, vali- 

 dissimis, apice dilatatis et multidentatis ; ^ntennis 

 subclavatisj pedicello, apiceque articulo primo, siib- 

 conicis ; Plands dilatatis ; Unguiculis apice bifidis ; 

 pulvillo minutissimo; Ahdoniine svJo^oho&o, con- 

 vexo, basi subretuso, incurvo, ventre lana polli- 

 nifera vestito. 



Maris MaxiUcE apice tridentatae. Antennce filiforr 

 mes. Anus inflexus, spinosus. Plantce angustiores. 



Imago pollinifera. 



The insects of this subdivision, of which at pre- 

 sent I know only one English species, viz. Apis 

 manicata, Lin. are distinguished from those of the 

 last, not only by exarticulate exterior palpi, but 

 likewise by the form of their abdomen, which is 

 convex and rather globose with an incurved anus, 

 in the male often inflected and armed with long 

 spines (?/). They are also adorned with gayer 

 colourins: than the individuals of the other sections 

 of this family, the abdomen being usually variega- 

 ted with yellow spots. 



{y) Tab, 9. **. c. 3. |5. fig. 11. 



Linneus 



