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TAB. XIX. 

 APIS flavicollis. 



Class 5. Insecta. Order 5. Hymenoptera. 



Gen. Char. Proboscis broken, inflexed. Tongue 

 elongated, cylindrical, exserted. j4nienncr mid- 

 dling; the males have 14 joints, the females 13. 

 Eyes lateral, suboval, entire. Wings plain. Sting 

 pungent, hidden. 



Spec. Char. Hairy, black. Front of the thorax and 

 scutellum pale yellow. Abdomen, all but the 

 first joint, red. Anus black. 



Very few species of bees were described in Great Britain 

 until that indefatigable and most excellent inquirer into all 

 subjects of Entomology, the Rev. W. Kirby, F. L. S., pub- 

 lished his Monograpliia Apum Anglice, in which more 

 than 220 species are noticed, of which 200 at least had not 

 been before described as English. We now add another by 

 the help of Mr. Jonathan Salt, of Sheffield. It is remarkable 

 chiefly on account of the thorax being yellow. 



