publication of " Jurinean " Genera of Hymenoptera. 425 



the number of joints of the maxillary palpi, and the struc- 

 ture of the scutellum — bidentate in Melecta, emarginate in 

 Crocisa. As before he cites punctata F. as the Type of 

 Melecta; for Crocisa he cites as Type histrio ¥., which 

 however was not one of the original exponents of the 

 genus, though included in it later in the Nouvelle Methode. 

 His description of Crocisa so limits that genus as to exclude 

 from it punctata F., and thereby makes histrionica Illiger 

 (= " Nomada scutellafa " of the Erlangen List) its only 

 possible Type, 



Note on Nomada scutellaris F. Sp. Ins. 1. 487 (1781) — nee Pzr. 



Fabricius described " Nomada scutellaris " saying of it 

 " Habitat in Sibiria, D. Pallas. Mus. Dom. Banks." The 

 Banks Collection, now in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) 

 contains a single specimen labelled scutellaris, but this 

 certainly did not come from Siberia, being in fact an 

 Australian Crocisa with blue pubescent markings. It has 

 since been determined as C. lamprosoma Bdv. 



It is not very clear from Fabricius' language whether 

 the insect described was a Crocisa or a Melecta. His 

 diagnosis says " scutello porrecto bidentato," the fuller 

 description following says " scutellum postice productum 

 emarginato bidentatum " — no allusion is made to the 

 maxillary palpi. Whatever this mysterious species really 

 was, it seems very improbable that it should be identical 

 with the Central European form figured by Panzer and 

 cited by Jurine in the Erlangen List. 



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III-35. Apis (L.) Jrn. Erl. Litt-Ztg. 1. 164. 

 " Gen. 35 Apis— Apis melliflca : praeter hanc nulla." 

 [i.e. Apis L. Syst Nat. (ed. 10) 1. 343 no. 217, 574-9 no. 218 sp. 

 1-39 (1758)— mellifera L., etc.] 



APIS L. (1758) 



Type: Apis mellifera L. 1758 (= melUfica L. 1767 ; Lmk. 1801, 

 Jrn. 1801, Ltr. 1802-10). 



Apis L. [Fn. Suae. (ed. 1) 298-305 sp. 988-1018 (1746) MN.] : 

 Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1. 343 no. 217, 574-9 no. 218 sp. 1-39 (1758)— 

 [Tliirty-nine species, including mellifera L.] : Fn. Suec. (ed. 2) 

 [42-3], 419-26 sp. 1684-1719 (1761): Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1 (2). 539, 

 953-61 no. 248 sp. 1-55 (1767) [mellifera L. 1758 (= mellifica L., 

 1767) etc.]; F. Syst. Ent. [27], 378-88 no. 119 sp. 1-60 (1775); 

 Blmbcli. HB. Naturges. 1. 38^5 no. 60 sp. 1-6 (1779) ; F. Ent. 



