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HYMENOPTERA. 
Wings four, generally membraneous. ‘Tail of the females armed 
with a fting. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Jaws, with a trunk bent downwards. Antenne elbowed in the 
middle; firft joint longeft. Wings plain. Body hairy. Abdomen 
connected by a pedicle, 
SPRGIEIC. CHR ACT ER: 
Black, very hairy, with a yellow belt on the Thorax, one alfo acrofs 
the Abdomen. Anus white or yellowith. 
A. T, hirfuta nigra, thoracis cingulo flavo, ano albo.. 
Syft. Ent. 379. 5.—Linn. Syft, Nat. 2.959. 41+ 
— Fn. Sv. 2709. 
Bombylius major niger, linea duplici tranfverfim dudta lutea, alia 
fupra fcapulas, alia per medium abdominis, imo abdomine albo. Raj. 
Inf. 247. 5. 
Mouff. Inf. 53. t. 2 
Goed. Inf. 2. tab. 46. 
Bradl. nat. tab. 26. fig.-1. Ds 
Reaum. Inf. 6. tab. 3. fig. 1. 
Frifch. Inf. 9. tab. 13. fig. 1. 
The manners of the common Humble Bee are too we!l known to 
Teauire elucidation; its dwelling is formed very deep in the earth; it 
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