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18. Egypt (Ehrenberg). — 5 specimens. 



Smaller and more slender than the northern Bee; both the 

 hairy and downy clothing whitish, sometimes yellowish on 

 the thorax ; smoky brown only on each side of the vertex, 

 whitish in the middle. Apices of the mandibles and frontal 

 tubercles rusty red ; first and second abdominal segments 

 reddish yellow to the margin, third segment to half its 

 length; scutellum almost entirely reddish yellow. [Apis 

 fasciata, Lat.) 



19. Arabia Felix (Ehrenberg). — 1 specimen. 

 Agreeing with the Egyptian Bee. 



20. Syria (Ehrenberg). — 5 specimens. 



Almost identical with the Egyptian Bee, but the thorax clad 

 all over with yellowish hair, and the yellow band of the 

 second abdominal segment varying between one-half and 

 four-fifths of its length ; size a little larger. 



21. Himalaya (Hoffmeister). — 1 specimen. 



Size and colouring of the Syrian specimens, but the scutellum 

 brownish to the yellow apex. 



22. China (Colomb). — I specimen. 



Size and colouring of the Egyptian Bee, but the vertex en- 

 tirely clothed with fuliginous hair. (A. cerana, Fabr.) 



23. Senegambia (Mion). — 1 specimen. 



Size and colouring of the Egyptian Bee, but the hair more of 

 a greyish yellow. {A. Adansonii, Lat.) 



24. Guinea (Isert). — 2 specimens. 



a. Size intermediate between that of the Egyptian and northern 

 Bees ; apices of the mandibles and frontal tubercles rusty 

 red; scutellum nearly all yellowish brown ; first abdominal 

 segment, and second as far as the half, yellowish red above. 

 (Apis nigritarum, Lep.) 



b. Same size ; colour uniform light brown. 



25. Cape of Good Hope (Krebs). — 10 specimens. All some- 

 what smaller than the northern Bee. 



a. (4 sp.) Blackish brown, with only a narrow basal margin 

 of reddish yellow on the second segment; scutellum 

 black. 



b. (1 sp.) Similar, but the yellow border of the second seg- 

 ment dilated on each side into a spot. 



c. (2 sp.) Similar, but the second segment reddish yellow for 

 almost half its length; scutellum in one specimen reddish 

 brown. (A. caffra, Lep.) 



d. (2 sp.) First segment to the margin, second to two-thirds, 

 and third to almost half its length yellowish red; scutellum 

 with the whole middle reddish. 



e. (1 sp.) Similar, but the whole scutellum reddish yellow. 



