18. apis. 227 



Female. Length 7-8 lines. — Fuscous, the pubescence rufo-fuscous, 

 that on the vertex fuscous ; the antennae, iabrum, and mandibles 

 rufo-testaceous ; the posterior tibiae and tarsi pale rufo-testaeeous ; 

 the wings shorter than the body ; the margins of the segments of 

 the abdomen more or less rufo-testaceous. B.lf. 



Worker. — Closely resembling the female, but uniformly of a darker 

 colour, the legs being eoncolorous ; the wings as long as the body. 



B.M. 



Male. Length 8 lines. — Robust ; coloured as in the worker, the 

 eyes ferruginous and approximate; the head, the thorax, and also 

 the uajo of the abdomen thickly covered with short rufo-fuscous 

 pubescence, palest on the abdomen and metathorax ; the fourth and 

 apical segments have a long thin fuscous pubescence ; the apex 

 indexed, the seventh segment concealed. B.M. 



