FAMILI^. (Jpis. **. e. 1. 2.) iqq 



of Swammerdamj Reaumur, Haber, Wildman, the 

 entertaining dialogues of the Spectacle de la Nature, 

 &c. where he will see what a wonderful display of 

 the Divine Wisdom these little creatures exhibit, and 

 m how extraordinary a manner, by their various in- 

 stincts and operations, c^g 5/ icroTr]^^ zv cciviyiJ.oi7i (t), 

 if he can solve it, they reflect the glory of God. 



* *. e. 2. (ii) 



H. F. A. Corpus oblongum, hirsutissimum ; 

 Capite trunco angustiori, saepius triangulari ; Pro^ 

 hoscide plils minils involute ; Lingua .nvcid. longitu- 

 dinali ; Tuho lineari apice acuto ; Fulcro subtrian- 

 gulari ; Laciniis exterioribus membranaceis linea 

 longitudinali cornea, articulo extimo brevi ; interi- 

 oribus brevissimis, obtusis, linguam arete amplec- 

 tentibus ; Valvulis apice lanceolato-lineari, sub- 

 membranaceo, linea longitudinali cornea; Palpis 

 exterioribus exarticulatis, interioribus biarticulatis ; 

 Vertice calvo cruce impresso ; Stemmatihus in linea 

 curva, in crucis fossula transversa sitis ; Naso dis- 

 tincto, convexo, glabro, nitido ; Labia transverso, 

 sublineari, inaequali ; MaxiJlis supra sulcatis sulcis 

 tomentosis, apice dilatatis subedentulis ; uintennis 

 filiformibus, scapo subclavato, pedicello globoso, 

 apice articulo primo longiori subconico ; Tibiis 

 posticis corbicula instructis, supra inasquaiibus, 

 glabris, apice setoso-pectinatis ; Plantis posticis di- 

 latatis, basi auriculatis auricula obtusa, ap'ce pec- 



(0 1. Cor. xiii. 12. (u) Tab. 13. Apis. 



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