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1. Apathus rupestris. 



A. hirsutus, ater, alis nigricantibus, ano rufo-fulvo. 



Apathus rupestris, Smith, Zool. ii. 543 $ <j> ; Bees Great Brit. 234. 



Thorns. Optise. Ent. 259; Hym. Scand. ii. 44. 

 Apis rupestris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 320 % . 



Kirby, Mon. Apum Angl. ii. 369 J. 

 Bornbus rupestris, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 348 J . 



Latr. Hist. Nat. Inx. xiv. 1. 



Dahlb. Bomb. Stand. 51, tab. %. 21 $ . 

 Psithyrus rupestris, St.-Farg. Hym. ii. 420 §. 



Drexvs. §• Schibdte, Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. 125 J 5 • 



O/r/w, Brit. Eat. x. tab. 234 $ . 



Nyland. Notts, ur Sallsk. pro Fann. of Flo. Fenn. i 241 £ ■ 

 Apis albinella, Kirly. lib.cit. 301 J- 

 Apis arenaria, Panz. Fann. Germ. 74. 12 $> var - 

 Apis frutetorum, Panz. lib. eit. 75. 18 cf- 

 Borabus frutetorum, i , «i/ > . &"6. eit. 350 ^ . 

 Psithyrus frutetorum, St.-Farg. lib. eit. ii. 436. 



Female. Length 9-10 lines. — Black, with black pubescence j 

 the wings dark brown with a violet iridescence. The abdomen 

 shining, nearly glabrous on the disk : the three apical segments 

 with rufo-fulvous pubescence ; beneath, the basal half of the seg- 

 ments smooth and shining; the apical margin of the fifth fringed 

 with fulvous hairs. j_ B.M. 



Var. it. The collar and scutelh l. with the pubescence more or less 

 yellow. {A. arenaria, Panz.) 



Male. Length 6-7 lines. — The pubescence black ; the four apical 



segments with rufo-fulvous pubescence ; the tarsi and posterior 



tibiae fringed with fulvous hairs ; wings fusco-hyaline. B.M. 



Var. ft. The second segment of the abdomen with a lateral tuft of 



ciuereous pubescence. 

 Tar. y. The thorax anteriorly with a mixture of cinereous hairs, and 



the first and second segments of the abdomen with a lateral tuft of 



cinereous pubescence. (-4. albinella, Kirby.) 

 Var. d. The pubescence on the thorax anteriorly and posteriorly 



cinereous ; the base of the abdomen also with cinereous pubescence. 



(A. frutetorum, Kirby.) 



The variety of the female, Apis arenaria of Panzer, is very rare in 

 this country : the late Mr. Wing had a specimen : and Mr. Bridg- 

 man, of Norwich, has recently taken specimens of the same variety 

 near that city. The species is plentiful in Xorfolk : it is not common 

 in the vicinity of London ; but it is found in all parts of the country in 

 greater or less abundance. 



2. Apathus vestalis. 



A. hirsutus, ater, thorace antice fiavo, ano albo, apice nigro. 



Apathus vestalis, Smith, Bees Great Brit. 238 J $. 

 Thoms. Opusc, Ent. 250; Hym. Stand, ii. 46. 



