&EES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



1. Apis mellifica. 



Apis mellifica, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1697. 



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. Austr. p. 813. 



Rossi, Faun. Etrusc. ii. 103. 912. 



Christ. Hym. p. 73. t. 1. f. 1-5. 



Don. Brit. Ins. xiv. 63* 492. 



Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 312. 73. t. 17. f. 10, 11, 12. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 85. 16. t. 17, 18. 



Latr. Hist. Nat. xiv, 66. 1. 



Spin. Ins. Lig. fasc. i. 35. 15. 



Jurine, Hym. p. 244. t. 12. gen. 35. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. xvi. 769. <? ? 5 . 



Brulle, Exped. Sc. de Moree, iii. 327. 728. 



St. Farg. Hym. i. 401. 1. 



Lucas, Explor. Sc. Alger. iii. 141. 1. 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 226. 1. 



Spin. Faun. Chili, vi. 161. 1. 

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

 Apis gregaria, Geoff. Ins. ii. 407. 1. 

 Apis domestica, Ray, Hist. Ins. p. 240. 

 Reaum. Ins. v. t. 22. f. 1 $ , f. 2 $ , f. 4 ? . 

 Swamm. Bibl. Nat. t. 17. f. 1, 2 , f, 3 ? , f. 4 <? . 



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

 fuscous, that on the vertex fuscous ; the antennse, labrum and 

 mandibles rufo-testaceous ; the posterior tibiae and tarsi pale 

 rufo-testaceous ; the wings shorter than the body ; the mar- 

 gins of the segments of the abdomen more or less rufo-testa- 

 ceous. B.M. 



Worker. Closely resembling the female, but uniformly of a 

 darker colour, the legs being concolorous ; 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 narrower than 

 the thorax, the latter as well as the base of the abdomen thickly 

 covered with short rufo-fuscous pubescence, palest on the ab- 

 domen and metathorax ; the fourth and apical segments have 

 a long thin fuscous pubescence ; the apex indexed, the seventh 

 segment concealed. B.M. 



