414 HYMENOPTERA. 



cence ; the wings subhyaline, splendidly iridescent. Abdomen, 

 the base testaceous, very smooth and shining, the extreme apex 

 pale testaceous ; beneath pale testaceous, and having a short 

 silvery pubescence. 



Hub. Ceylon. 



43. Trigona nebulata. B.M. 



Worker. Length 2i lines. — Black ; the clypeus, a triangular 

 spot above it, the anterior angles of the face, the scape in front, 

 the labrum and mandibles yellow. Thorax, a nairow yellow line 

 passing from the collar on each side to the lateral angles of the 

 scutellum ; the coxae and trochanters yellow, the apical joints of 

 the tarsi ferruginous ; the pubescence of the legs black ; the 

 wings fusco-hyaline, and having a dark fuscous cloud beyond 

 the stigma. Abdomen, the two basal segments red, their apical 

 margins having a narrow black transverse line, the third and 

 following segments black. 



Hab. Western Africa. 



44. Trigona carbonaria. • B.M. 



Worker. Length If line. — Jet-black ; the face covered with 

 a short hoary piibescence, the base of the antennae and tips of 

 the mandibles pale rufo-testaceous. The thorax shining, the 

 scutellum fringed with pale pubescence, the collar and thorax 

 anteriorly covered with pale pubescence ; the sides of the meta- 

 thorax covered with short white pubescence, naked and very 

 smooth and shining ; the wings hyaline, the nervures black ; the 

 legs obscurely testaceous. Abdomen naked and glossy black. 



Hab. Australia. 



Genus 65. APIS. 

 Apis, Auctorum. 



L Apis mellifica. B.M. 



Apis mellifica, Lmn. Faun. Suec. \697- 

 Scop. Ent. Cam. p. 811. 

 Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 383. 30. 

 Sulz. Ins. t. 19. f. 123. 

 Harris, Expos. Eng. Ins. t. 39. f. 9, 10. 

 Schrank, Ins. Aust. p. 813. 

 Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 103. 912. 

 Christ. Hym. 73. t. 1. f. U , t. 2. f. 5 $ , t. 3. f. 1 <? . 

 Don. Brit. Ins. xiv. 63. t. 492. 



