76 PLATE CCCCXXL 



This little infect is found on different fpecies of Refeda, or mignonet, 

 and in common with various other infe6ls of the fame natural family, 

 that are ufually found on thofe plants, emit a ftrong odoriferous fcent, 

 —There are two or more varieties of this infect : that figured by 

 Panzer under the name of Sphex Signata, has two yellow fpots on 

 the front of the head, inftead of the whole fpace beneath the antennae 

 being yellow, as in our fpecimen. The fmalleft figure denotes the 

 natural fize. 



FIG. II. 

 APIS LAEVIGATA /S. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Black, and fomewhat pubefcent with rufous hairs : thorax ferru- 

 ginous : abdomen highly polilhed, with the three middle fegments, pale 

 each iide at the lafe. 



MellittaLevigata : atra rufo-fubpubefcens ; thorace ferrugineo; 

 abdomine nitidiffimo, fegmentis intermediis bail 

 pallefcentibus. Kirby, Jp. Ang. 2. 75. 32. 

 var. /3. 



This is an elegant little fpecies, and very rare. The figure repre- 

 fents it in the natural fize. 



FIG. 



