250 BRITISH BEES. 



terminal joint being very little shorter than the preced- 

 ing. THORAX ovate ; prothorax inconspicuous, or distinct 

 and angulated laterally; mesothorax glabrous,, deeply 

 punctulated ; its bosses conspicuous and prominent; 

 scutellum divided into two very prominent tubercles; 

 post-scutellum linear, convex ; metathorax with a tri- 

 angular space at its base, and declining to the insertion 

 of the abdomen; wings with three submarginal cells, 

 and a fourth very slightly commenced, the first as long 

 as the two following, and each of which receives a re- 

 current nervure about its centre ; legs subspinose exter- 

 nally on the tibiae, and not polliniferous ; claws of tarsi 

 small and not bifid. ABDOMEN oval, glabrous, shining; 

 terminal segment triangular, with its sides ridged. 



The MALE scarcely differs, excepting in sometimes 

 being more profusely adorned with colour, but this is not 

 always the case, the female being often the most ornate. 

 There are very slight differences in the antennae in the 

 sexes, which may be readily associated together. 



NATIVE SPECIES. 



With filiform antenna. 



1. sex-fasciata, Panzer, <$ ? . 5-6 lines. (Plate 



VIII. fig. 3 c? ? .) 

 Schaefferella, Kirby. 

 connexa, Kirby. 



2. Goodemana, Kirby, J ? . 4-5 lines. (Plate VIII. 



fig. 1 c? ? ) 

 ? succincta, Panzer. 



3. alternata, Kirby, < ? . 4-5 lines. 

 Marshamella, Kirby. 



4. Lathburiana, Kirby, $ $ . 4-5 J lines. (Plate 



VIII. fig. 2 rf ? .) 



