PLATE CLL 19 



FIG. IL 



APIS TUMULORUM. 

 Small, long horned Bbe. 



hvmenoptera* 



Wings four, generally membraneous. Tail of the female armed 

 *vith a fling. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Jaws, with a Trunk bent downwards. Antennae dbowed in the 

 middle. Wings plain. Body hairy. Abdomen connedled by a 

 pedicle. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONTMS. 



Antennse rather longer than the body. Entirely black, with greyifh 

 hairs. Jaws yellow. 



Apis Tumulorum. Lin. Syji. Nat. 2. 953. 2. edit. 3. — Fn. Sv. 



1685. 

 Apis Tumulorum : Antennis filiformibus longitudine cotporis nigri^ 



maxillis flavis. Fab. Syfi. Enti 388. 57. — Spec. Inf 



I. 486. 122* 

 Eucera Tumulorum, vol. 2. 344* I59» 



Sulz. Hlji. Inf. tab, 2^. fg. 14.. 



This extraordinary Bee is found in Summer, againft banks, when 

 the weather is fine. Were it not for the remarkable length of the 

 Antennae, it would fcarcely deferve notice, though it is rather a 

 fcarce Infedl. 



C 3 FIG. 



