1115 



dore magno flores pelit mellisu^a. Nidcs amissos 

 rjiios odor gratisiimus monstrat seclule quaeril-. Ga- 

 pite adempto diu vacülat vitae tenax. 



Ovum maximum, molle, hyalino -pallidum , 

 curvum, extremitate hac illa majore. 



Larva apiis, nuda, lactea, caput versus atte- 

 puata : Caput parvum, ochraceum, mandiLulis 

 rufescentibus. Corpus segmentorum tredecim, spi- 

 raculis ochraceis. Animal, dum pascit, scybala fus- 

 ca filamentosa concatenata ex ano protrudit. 



Papa junior ochracea : thorax antice spinulis 

 duabus obtusis: anus mucrone lato apice acuminato. 



Mas? 



Flavo-rufescens hirta, subtus nigricans, capite 

 parvo, 



Apis Brasilianorum, Linn. Syst. Nat. II. 961.49- 



Desc: Antennae subtus flavae. Aloe pallidae 

 pterigostiis ferrugineis, margine externe atomis or- 

 nato. 



Habitat semper cum praecedente (sine dubio 

 mas, nam semper inermis) in bbyrinlhis femina ex- 

 cavatis. Copula junctos sexus nunquam observavi- 

 mus. 



Tempus. Per totum annum occurrit imago. 

 Larva pupaque mensibus Feb. Oct. 



IMores Generis Xylocopae {Aheilles perce-hois) 

 accuratissime descripsit celeberrimus Reaumur. Tom. 

 VI, p. 39- 



Horia maculata: flavescens, elytris maculis Sep- 

 tem nigris. Fahr. Eid. Syst. J.Ji. p.'9o. Syst. Eleuth. 

 II. p. fiä. 



Horia maculata. Oliv. Ins. III. 53- bis. tab. r, 

 i. 



Cucüjas maculatus. Swed. Act. Holm. 1787- 



Mus. Britan., Dom. MacLeay, nostr. 



Desc, Corptis totum flavum; mandibulis, an- 

 tennis, oculis, pedibusque (excepto femorum basi) 

 atris. ^/«s flavo-rtifescentes, apice nigricantes.^EZ}'- 

 tra maculis Septem atris 2. 2. 2. i. anticis nonnun- 

 quairt cohaerentibus, ultima terminal!. 



Vnr. ß. Corpus pallidius maculis elytrorum 

 utrinque septem distinctis minoribus. 



Long. corp. i un. 4 ''"• 



Habitat in America aequinoctiali. 



lidrt!« hexapus, pallide ocliracea nuda, ni- 

 tida, ore nigricante. 



Pupa nitida, oblonga, flavescens, linea dor- 

 sali ocliracea*, oculis, mandibulis, membrisque satu- 

 ratioriÜua. 



Nidis Xylocopae Teredinis nulritur. Forsan 

 dum larva cibum apibus praeparatum avide consu- 

 mit, hospes fame perit. Mox matura proprium ni- 



III 





fig 



dum excavat? introitum claudit ac melamorpho-| 

 sin subit. 



Tempus. Imago mensibus Jun. , Jul., Dec.,- 

 Feb. Larva pupaque Martio et Feb. mihi obviae. 



Jlbflcbilbct i(i: ein ©tucf ^olj mit fiotoen unö ^up= 

 ptn; fctnsc ^Dtäiincljcn utib 5Bcibrt)cn »om X.; bepäUic^^j». 

 Siuoc, ^uppe unb gliefle »on Horia. 



tX t h t t 



bie Slatur bec Flustra arenosa, tjon /. Hogg. ^Linn. Tränt. 

 XIV. 2. t. 9 p. 318.) 



Flustra arenosa, crustacea arenosa lutosä, poris 



simplicibiis subquincuncialibus. Solander and Ellis 

 Zooph. p. 17. n. 10. Gmelin Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. I. p. 

 38-g. n. 13. Boys in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. v. 230. 

 tdb. 10. 



Flustre areneuse, crustacee, friable, jaunätre; 

 cellules simples presque en ecliiquier. Lamouroux 

 Polyp. Corall. Flexibles , p. 111, n. 220, jBoiC. Hist. 

 Nat. de Vers, III. p. 118. 



Flustre arenacee. Blainville inDiction. des Seien, 

 Natur. 



Eschara (lutosa) crustacea arenaceo-lutosa, po- 

 ris simplicissimis subquincuncialibus. Pallas El. 

 Zooph. p. 37. n. 5. 



Escliara IVlillepora arenosa Anglica. Raii Syn. 

 p. 51. Petiveri ISIus. n. 271. 



English Sandy Millepora. Ellis Coral. p. 74. p). 

 25. fig. e. 



Alcyonium arenosum, flat, semicircular, con- 

 sisting of agglutinated sand , pale yellowish-brown. 

 Tiirton Gm'el. Syst. Nat, vol. IV. p, 654. Shaw Nat, 

 Miscell, tab. 272. 



An Discopora cribrum, Discopore cribre? La- 

 marck Anim. sans Vertehres, vol. II. p. 167. 



0:1115 unb ©meli» fegen biefe Sfjierprobuction JU 

 Flustra. ^oyS fagt (Linn, Trans. V.), ir tjalte ti fit 

 ein 9?c|l cineg S^eettjjiete«, weil et bie ^t\iin ganj flefun» 

 bcn fcabc unb in jeber S^ec. JQ&t bie ®ejialt beS .^ufe« 

 eine« goMcnS, unb ifi fo bicf alä eine 2(pfel. ober »Pom» 

 inctan5enfd}ale; befielt nuä feinem jiifammfngcIeimtcnSanb 

 unb bilbef eine ctuftenattige (jiilbnionbfötmige, trocfne, fet)t 

 jetreiblicbe <subflanj. $^x\t man fie gegen ba« 8id)t, fo 

 jeigt fie ^\&i ooU tunbec jJ'Ucn jiemlid) in quincunx ge. 

 fleUt. Sepm £ieffncn fanb id; in jeber 3eUe ein ober jroep 

 fleine gclblidje, butdjfc^einenbc unb fff)t jetbred^Iidjc ©d)ne», 

 ctenfcftalen, unb batin einen bod).tielben '5[ccf, ben id) für 

 baS tobte Sbiec halte. 3d) uerfcfiafftc mic baljet lebenbige 

 »on bec Äüfie Surgam«, unb untecliielt fie in ©eereaffer. 

 9?ac^ rocnigen Sagen rcac bie ©djnede ouggcbtütet; unter 

 bem a}etgcögerung«gla6 glid) f[e BoUfcmmcn bcr Nerita 

 glaucina. 25aS 2:t)ier reat lueig unb f)atle jivep fe()t flet» 

 tie fd)njacje gletfen an bct ©tirne, bie id) für bie 3(ugen 

 ^altt. S^an finbet bilndkn in jebec gtUe bec (^tuflt auf 



