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PLATE CCCLXXXV. 



FIG. I. I. 

 APIS LAPIDARIA. 



RED-TAILED BEE. 

 HYMENOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Mouth horny : jaw and iip membranaceous at the tip : tongue in- 

 flected : feelers four, unequal,, filiform : antenna? lhort, and filiform : 

 those of the female fomewhat clavated : fling of the females and neu- 

 ters pungent, and concealed within the abdomen. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



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SYNONYMS. 



Body of the female black, hirfute, with red tail : that of the male 

 above black, hirfute, with red tail ; face before the antennas, and thorax 

 at the bafe and apex yellow. 



Apis Lapidaria : hirfuta atra, ano fulvo. Linn. Fn.Suec. 1712.-^- 

 Gmd. Linn. Syji. Nat. p. 2782. fp. 44. 



Apis Lapidaria. Fabr. Ent. Syji. T. Q.p. 320. n. 25. mas. 

 Apis Arbustorum. Fahr. Ent. Syji. T. 2. p. 320. n. Q4.fem. 



Apis lapidaria corpore femineo atro, hirfuto, ano rubro: corpora 

 mafculo fupra atro, hirfuto, ano rubro ; fafcie, tho- 

 racifque ball et apice, fiavis. Kirby Apium Angl. 

 T.2.p.3G3.n. 106. 



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