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ligula, labial feelers, and blade of maxillae, nearly 

 corresponding in length ; hind tibiae formed for 

 collecting pollen ; body short, robust ; wings 

 small. Two kinds of individuals only. Saro- 

 poda, Anthophora. 



717. Social-bees (Apites). Larva inhabits 

 a cell usually hexagonal, and made of wax by 

 the imago ; it is fed with honey or a preparation 

 of pollen by the imago. Pupa changes in a silken 

 cocoon within the cell. Imago with the antennae 

 twelve-jointed in the female, thirteen-jointed in 

 the male, elbowed at the second joint ; labium 

 with its ligula trilobed, the central lobe elongate, 

 hirsute, extending beyond the labial feelers, the 

 lateral lobes very short and obtuse ; the labial 

 feelers with the basal joint twice the length of 

 the second, the third and fourth minute, short, 

 and seated on the back of the second, rather 

 before its extremity ; blade of the maxillae lan- 

 ceolate, nearly as long as the labial feelers ; 

 maxillary feelers minute, apparently exarticulate ; 

 hind tibiae with brushes for collecting farina. Live 

 in large societies, composed of three kinds of 

 individuals, males, females, and abortive females ; 

 the latter perform the laborious offices of the com- 

 monwealth. Apis, the honey-bee ; Bombus, the 

 humble-bee. 



718. Cuckoo-bees (Apathites}. Larva hatched 

 from an egg, deposited by its parent in the nests 

 of all the preceding bees at the time when their 



