352 CLASS VIII. 
Bijdrage tot de kennis der mond-dulen van eenige Hymenoptera, by 
our accurate and profound Brants, Tijdschrift voor nat. Gesch. VII. 
1841, bl. 71—126. 
a. Social. Males, females and neuters or workers. Maxillary 
palps short, uniarticulate. Posterior tibiee in neuters dilated out- 
wardly towards the extremity. First joint of tarsi tomentose 
externally, or furnished with brushes. 
1. Posterior tibiee with spurs either none or obsolete. 
Apis Fasr., nob. (spec. from genus apis L.) Mandibles with 
dorsum smooth. 
Comp. Latrertir, Ann. du Mus. tv. pp. 383—394, Pl. 69, v. pp. 
161—171, Pl. 13; De Humpoxpr et Bonrpiann, Recueil d’Observa- 
tions de Zoologie et d’ Anat. comp. 1. 1811, 4to. pp. 270—297. Pl. 19— 
21; Des Abeilles proprement dites, et plus particulierement des insectes 
dela méme famille qui sont propres a TAmerique méridionale ; par 
LATREILLE). 
Melipona Vi11e., Latr., Trigona Jurine. Cubital cells two. 
First joint of posterior tarsi obtrigonal. 
Exotic species, almost all from South America, with mandibles denticu- 
late (Trigona Latr.), or edentulous (Melipona Latr.) Comp, LATREILLE 
Ll. ; M. Sprnona, Observations sur les Apiaires Meloponides, Ann. des Sc. 
nat. 2e Série, Tom. xr. 1840. Zool. pp. 116—140. Pl. 2; BLANCHARD, 
Dict. Univ. d Hist. natur. vii. 1847, pp. 85—89, art. Meliponites. 
Sting none, or rather rudiments alone of sting, not adapted for puncturing. 
Apis Latr. Cubital cells three. First joint of posterior tarsi 
elongato-quadrate, in neuters covered with hairs disposed in trans- 
verse rows, and produced anteriorly into an external tooth or 
auricula !. 
Sp. Apis mellifica L., Honey-bee, Abeille domestique, Mouche & miel, Hausbiene, 
Honigbiene, Bee; Ann. du Mus. v. Pl. 13, fig. 1—3 ; DuMERI Consid. gén. 
s. l. Ins. Pl. 29, fig. 4; Branpt u. Rarzesure, Mediz. Zool. 1. Tab. 24 ; 
blackish, yet apparently of a lighter colour from greyish hair, especially 
on the thorax ; a transverse, woolly, gray stripe at the base of the third and 
following rings of the abdomen; length of the body about half an inch, 
breadth of outspread wings ten lines (in workers). This species is domes- 
ticated in Europe, and has been transported into America, All the species 
of the genus Apis Larr. belong originally to the Eastern hemisphere. 
In one hive there are commonly 15,000 or 20,000 working bees, 600— 
800 males, named drones (the ancients named them xn¢ives, fuci), and 
1 Comp. Annal. du Mus. ww. Pl. 69, fig. 5. 
