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356 CLASS vin. 



Psithyrus LEPEL. DE ST. FARG., Apathus NEWMANN. 



Coinp. CHR. DREWSEN og J. SCHIODTE, Forteynelse over Danske Arter of 

 Slcegterne Bonibus og Psithyrus; KROJER'S Tidsskr. n. 2. 1838, pp. 105 

 126. Tab. n. 



/?. Solitaries. Males and females alone, without neuters. 

 Posterior feet with tibiae not excavated outwards, with first joint of 

 posterior tarsi not tomentose internally. 



1. First joint of posterior tarsi produced at the external angle 

 of the apex or slightly prominent : second joint placed in the oppo- 

 site or internal angle. Posterior feet often large, very hirsute. 



t Paraglpssse shorter than labial palps. (Cubital cells three.) 



Epicharis KLUG, LATR. Maxillary palps very short, with 

 single joint. 



Acanthopus KLUG. 

 Centris FABR. (in part). Maxillary palps with four joints. 



Species exotic, American. Fig. GUERIN, Iconogr. Ins. PI. 74, fig. 6. 

 Comp. on this genus LEPELETIER, Encyd. method., Hist. Nat. Ins. Tom. x. 

 P- 70S- 

 Ancyloscelis LATR. (Tetrapedia KLUG), Ptilotopus KLUG. 



Saropoda LATR. Maxillary palps with five joints. 

 Anthophora LATR. Maxillary palps with six joints. 



Sp. Anthophora hirsuta LATR., Apis plumipes PALL., PALLAS, Spic. Zool. ix 

 Tab. I. fig. 14; Anthophora parietina LATR., Annal. du Mus.m. 1804 

 pp. -251 259. Tab. xxn. fig. i, A D. 



Melliturga LATR. 



ft Paraglossse setaceous, of the length of labial palps or longe 

 than these. (Cubital cells in some two, in others three.) 



Eucera ScoPOLi, FABR., LATR. (and Macrocera SPINOLA). 



Comp. J. A. SCOPOLI Annus quartus historico-naturalis. Lipsias, 1770 



8vo. Dissert, de Apibus, pp. 8, 9. 



Sp. Eucera, longicomis, Apis longicornis L., SWAMMERDAM Bill. not. Tal 



xxvi. fig. 6; PANZER, Deutschl. Ins., Heft 64. Tab. 21. The antennae i 



the male are somewhat longer than the body. 



Melissodes LATR. 



2. First joint of posterior tarsi nearly of the same breadth 

 narrowed gradually from base to apex, with external angle litt 



