558 aptdjE. 



the basal three segments of the abdomen honev-yellow : pubescence 

 fuscous on the head, thorax in front, lepjs above, and apical _ seg- 

 ments of the abdomen, pale ochraceous yellow on the hinder 

 parts of the thorax and at the base of the abdomen ; leD:s beneath, 

 especially the posterior tibia? and tarsi, with short ferruginous 

 pubescence ; wings pale fuscous or fusco-hyaline. 



2 similar ; larger and darker. 



r7 similar ; much darker, the eyes very large, 



Yar. hicohr, Klug : similar, but the basal two segments of the 

 abdomen only honey-vellow, the apical black, in strong contrast. 



Var. nir/ripennis, Latr. : similar, much darker, with the wings 

 verv dark fuscous having a purple effulgence. 



Var. testacea. Smith : similar, the entire abdomen pale testaceous 

 yellow ; wings subhyaline. 



Var. zonata, Smith : similar ; the head, thorax, and abdomen 

 entirply black, with sometimes a transverse band of pale ochraceous 

 pile at the base of abdominal segments 3-5 ; wings very dark. 



Hah. Throughout India, Burma, Teuasserim ; Ceylon : extend- 

 ing into China and the Malavan region to Java. 2 • LencfiJi 18- 

 21: exp.3()-^7 mm. c? . Length 17; e.vj). '32 mm. ^. Length 

 16-18 ; exp. 30-35 mm. 



982. Apis indica. (PI. IV, fig. 12.) 



Fnhr. Ent. Syst. Sup2)l. p. 274 ; Smith, Cat. ii, p. 416; Ball. Ton: 

 Cat. X, p. 693. 

 Apis unicolor, Latr. Ann. Mns. Hist. Nat. v (1804), p. 168. 

 Apis perrottetii, Gaer. Icon. Beane Anim., Ivs. p. 461. 

 Apis nigrocincta, Smith, Jour. Linn. Sac. v (1861), p. 93. 



9. Head, thorax, and abdomen smooth and shining, sparsely 

 pubescent, sometimes densely so. Head, thorax, and apical 

 abdominal segment black ; the scutellum and basal five segments 

 of the abdomen testaceous yellow ; legs rufo-fuscous, pubescence 

 cinereous ; wings hyaline and iridescent. 



5 similar ; larger and darker. 



c^" similar, stouter built ; darker, the thorax densely pubescent. 

 Var. imicolor, Latr., is entirely deep shining black, with fusco- 

 cinereous pubescence. 



Var. nigrocincta, Smith, has the head and thorax black ; the 

 clypeus, labrum, and mandibles pale ferruginous ; the scutelbim, 

 legs, and abdomen testaceous ; the last with fuscous transverse 

 bands on the apical margins of the segments. 



Hah. Throughout India, Assam, Burma, Tenasserim, and 

 Ceylon ; extending through the Malavan region on the east and to 

 Madagascar on the west. 5 . Length 16 ; exp. 32 mm. S • Length 

 13 : exp. 27 mm. ^ . Length 11-12; exp. 21-23 mm. 



This species mergps into the common Apis melUfera, Linn., the 

 honey-bee par excellence of Europe. The dark variety unicolor, 

 which is the common form in Ceylon and in Madagascar, has 

 been placed by some naturalists as a variety of Ajpis mellifera. In 

 Burma, nigrocincta is the common form. 



