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fomewhat interrupted by the black fpace at the tail pomting upwards, 
in the male its breadth is uniform throughout. 
Mr. Kirby obferves that Apis veftalis is one of the Bombinatrices, 
which like A. campefiris and Barbutella have no inftruments for car- 
rying or preparimg maffes of pollen. The pofterior tibie, of one fpe- 
cimen in his cabinet is covered from one end to the other with a thin 
coat of pale earth, mixed with particles of fand, which it is probable 
they employ in conftruéting their nefits or cells. The fpecies was 
known to Geoffroy, who defcribes it with accuracy except that he 
does not notice the black extremity of the vent*. The fpecies is 
found on flowers in the fummer. 
« * Cette grande efpéce eft noire. Le haut on Ja bafe de fon corcelet a une bande 
de poils jaunes citrons. Les deux tiers fuperieurs du ventre font noirs, enfuite il y a 
quelques poils jaunes, et fon extrémité eft blanche.” 
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