42 PL AWB EX XX Vill: 
comes forth when the fun fhines to extra& the melliferous moifture of 
flowers, and is perfeCtly harmlefs unlefs when irritated, Linnzus de- 
{cribes the Anus of the Apis Terreftris white, but I find this is not 
always conftant; I have feveral fpecimens that agree with the one 
reprefented in the annexed plate. 
I have compared them with the fpecimen in the Linnzan Cabinet ; 
they perfectly agree in every refpect except in the brown or yellow 
colour of the extreme part of the Abdomen: they are certainly only 
varieties. 
\ on 
Bol Ge i, 
Bored, 6. LUACP PD AVR gag 
RED-TAIL BEE. 
HyMENOPTERA, 
ARPES 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Black, hairy, Anus red-orange colour. 
A. L. hirfuta atra, ano fulvo. Sy/t, Ent. 381. 14. habitat lapidum 
in ACErUiS. 
Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 960. 44.—Fn. Sv. 1701.— 
Geoff. Inf. 2. 417. 
Bombylius maximus totus niger, exceptis duobus extremis abdo- 
minis annulis rufis. Raj. Inf. 246.1. Scop, Carn. 813. 
Frifch. Inf. 9. p. 2.5. Fig. 2. 
* Reaum Inf. 6. t. 1. f. 1. 4. 
Schaef. Icon. Tab. 69. Fig. g. 
In the Linnzan Cabinet, (now in the pofleffion of Dr. Smith) I 
find under the name Apis Lapidaria two infeés, fo very different in 
fize, tiat it certainly will admit fome doubt whether they ought to be 
2 confidered 
