PLATE CCCLXXXV. 71 



Apis Muscorum. Fair. Ent. Syft. T. 2. p. 321. n. 31. 



Apis senilis. Fabr. Ent. Syji. T. 2. 324. n. 44. Mufcorum var. 



Apis Muscorum: hirfuto-flavefcens ; thorace fulvo. Kirby Ap. 

 And. T. 2. 317. 74. 



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Apis Mufcorum is one of the more common fpecies of wild bee 

 found in Europe. It frequents fields and meadows, where it forms a 

 neft compofed of mofs, in cavities or holes juil below the furface of 

 the earth. 



FIG. III. 

 APIS BARBUTELLA. 



BABBITTS BEE. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black, hirfute : anterior part of the thorax, with the fcutel fulvous : 

 abdomen fuhglobular, tail white. 



Apis Bakbctella : atra, hirfuta, ano albo; vertice, thorace, an- 

 tice, fcutelloque, fulvis ; abdomine fubglobofo. 

 Kirby Ap. Arigl. T. 2. p. 343. n. 93. 



There appear to be more than one or two diftincl varieties of this 

 kind of bee. The Fabrician Apis autumnalis, Apis faltuum, of 

 Panzer, and Apis monacha, of Chriftius, according to Mr. Kirby, 



are 



