Leen 
G | PLATE CCCCXXxIY: 
APIS PENNIPES: ft 
PLUME LEGGED BEE: a 
HYMENOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Mouth horny, jaw and lip membranaceous at the tip: tongue m- 
flected: feelers four, unequal and filiform: antenne fhort and fili- 
form in the males, in the females fubclavated: wings flat : fting of 
the females and neuters pungent and concealed in the abdomen: 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SY NONY MS. : 
Somewhat greyifh and pubefcent: middle legs tufted with long 
hairs. 
Apis PENNIPES: pubefcens fubgrifea ; pedibus fecundariis elonga- 
tis crinito-peétinatis. Lin. Nat. M: 7 in Syift 
Nat. 
Apis RETUSA mas. Corpore mafculo nigro, hirfuto-fulvo; ano ni- 
gricanti, pedibus intermediis elongatis, crinito-pec- 
tinatis. Kirby Ap. Angl. v. 2. p..296. n. 69. 
Apts pLuMipgs; hirfuta, pedum mediorum metatarfis fcopa atra, pof- 
tice pilis raris longis barbatis. Schranck. Enum. 
Inf. Aujir. n. 804. 
APIs PLUMIPES. Pallas Spicil. Zool. 9. p. 24. tab. I. fig. 14. 
BQ Apis 
