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taken this individual fpecies alive ourfelves ; but we have obfefved a 

 fimilar odour emitted by other infecls of the fame family. — Apis 

 Cornigera is an infect liable to confiderable variations; we poflefs 

 feveral infects in our own cabinet, which appear to be varieties, as they 

 poflefs the fame characterise fpecific marks in general, though they 

 differ in fome other particulars. It is an elegant and inteiefting infect, 



FIG. II. II. 

 API& JACOBiEiE. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Deep black: legs ferruginous: abdomen with fix yellow bands/ 

 the three firft interrupted: antennae above black. 



Apis Jacob.EjE: atra; pedibus ferrugineis; fcutelli punctis, 

 abdominifque maclilis fafciifque, flavis ; antennis 

 fupra nigris. Kirby J p. Ang. T. I. p. 201. 

 n. 20. 



NoMAD A JacoBjEje: nigra; abdomine fafciis fex flavis, priinis 

 tribus interrupts, antennifque flavis. Panz. F?i* 

 Jtif. Germ. Init. n. 72. tab. 20. 



iFound in fpring on the flowers of the goofeberrv, 



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