226 apidj:. 



published by the Trustees of the British Museum, fifteen species 

 of the genus Apis are enumerated. Subsequent investigation and 

 much additional material has led to a careful revision of the species, 

 by which the number has been reduced to nine : however, in the 

 absence of the male and female, I am not yet satisfied as to the 

 propriety of including the Egyptian Apigfasdaia in the synonymy 

 of Apis tjieUifiea. A. i was introduced into this countrv by 



the late Mr. Woodbury, of Exeter ; but it proved to be 60 extremely 

 pugnacious and so annoying to his neighbours that he was compelled 

 to destroy his swarms. This fact, taken in connexion with certain 

 differences from the Apis meHi/ica, renders it doubtful whether it is 

 specifically identical with that insect. 



The species of thegenus Apis, in my opinion, are as follows : — Apis 

 dorsata, India, Borneo, and islands in the eastern archipelago : A. 

 zonata, Celebes ; A. indica. India, Java, Sumatra. Malacca, Borneo, 

 &c. ; A. nigro-eineta, Celebes, Borneo, &c. : A. sinensis, China: A. 

 florea, India, Ceylon, Borneo, &c. : A. . Africa (Congo, &c.) ; 



A. unicolor, Madagascar, Bodriguez ; 4. meUifiea. 



1. Apis rnellifica. 



A. corpore pubeseeute. thorace subgriseo : abdomiue elongato : alis 

 dimidio brevioribus. Neutra plantis posticis intus transverse stria- 

 tis. Mas corpore pubescente : thorace tomentoso-fulvescente ; 

 oculis postice conniventibus. 



Apis rnellifica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 055. 



Scop. Ent. Corn. 303. 



Fabr. Syst. Ent \ B3. 



Sulz. Ins. tab. 19. fig. 183. 



Schrank. Ins. Austr. 813. 



Ii ssi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 103. 



Christ. Hym. 73, tab. 1. figs. 1-5. 



Donov. Brit. Ins. xiv. 63. 492. fig. f 2 : . 



Kirby, Mon. Apum Angl. ii. 312, tab. 17. tig. 10 o , 11 <J, 12 : . 



Panz. Faun. Germ. B5. 16 J, 85. 17 $ . B5. 18 : . 



Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xiv. W. 



Spin. his. Uigur, i. 35. 



Jurine, Hym. 244, tab. 12. iren. 35. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. xvi. tab. 7 69 J $ £ . 



Bridle, Erped. Sc. de Moree, iii. 327. 



St.-Farg. Hym. i. 401. 



Lucas. Exphr. Sc. Alger, iii. 141. 



Spin. Faun. Chili, vi. 161. 



Smith, Be-* Great Brit. 241. 



Nyland. Notts, ur Sallsk. pro Faun, et Flo. Fenn. i. 226. 

 v ''each. Nass. Bien. 134. 



Thorns. Hym. Scand. ii. 14. 

 Apis cerifera, Scop. Ann. Hist. Nat. iv. 16 

 Apis gregaria, Geoff. Ins. ii. 407. 

 Apis domestic*, Bay. Hist. Ins. 240. 

 Apis ligustica, Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 35 (var. 



Latr. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. v. 172. 



Huuib. Sf Bonp. Voy. i. 287, tab. 19. fig. I '.'■.<■■:. 

 St.-F Hum. i. 4 2 



