17S FAWILiiE. {Apis. **. c. 2. 5.) 



boso ; Lingua longissima^ siibinvoliita ; Tubo apice 

 tridentato, dentibus lateralibus interdum obsoletis ; 

 Fidcro elongato ; Laciniis exterioribus articulo ul- 

 timo longiori, interioribus lanceolatis, acuminatis ; 

 Paimdis iiicurvis, apice lanceolato-Hnearr, mem- 

 branaceo, linea longitiidinali cornea ; Palpis exte- 

 rioribus quadriarticulatis, interioribus biarticulatis ; 

 Stemmatihus m lined curva ; Naso convexo ; Lahio 

 elongato, inflexo, concavo-convexo ; Maxillis fere 

 in angulum protensrs ; j4ntennis plerisque subcla- 

 vatis, pedicello, apiceque articulo primo, subconicis ; 

 Unguicidis integris ; Ahdonu7ie declivi, supra cOn- 

 » vexo, ano saspius incurvo ; Ventre lana pollinifera 

 hirsuto. 



Maris AntenncE pedicello subgloboso. UnguicuU 

 apice bilidi. Abdomen scgmento septimo obsolete. 

 AniLs SEepe emarginatus, aut dentatus. 



This last subdivision of the second section of 

 this family, contains a greater number of species 

 than the preceding ones : they are distinguished 

 by a cylindrical, but not elongate, body ; and their 

 exterior palpi, in which circumstance they differ 

 from all the other subdivisions, consist of four 

 joints. Their abdomen is very convex, and that 

 of the males furnished with no ventral concavity. 

 The Aheillcs Maromies of Reaumur appear to me 

 to belong to this subdivision; I shall, therefore, 

 insert in this place an abridgment of his interest- 

 ing account of the mode of nidificatlon of those 

 insects. 



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