200 BEES 



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GREAT BRITAIN. 



the female; the claw-joint of the tarsi larger than in the other 

 sex, and dark rufo-piceous ; the pubescence on the sides of the 

 thorax, metathorax, and base of the abdomen pale fulvous; all 

 the segments have a narrow fascia of short pubescence of the 

 same colour. g j^j 



This species is not found in the immediate vicinity of London. 

 Mr. Kirby observes that he met with it in "a sunny sand-pit 

 near Coomb Wood : " that locality has been searched on many 

 occasions, but without success. It is taken at Weybrido-e, at 

 Ilawley, and other places in Hants, in which county it is very 

 plentiful ; it is found in the greatest abundance in Sandown Ba\^ 

 Isle of Wight, where it literally abounds in the month of Julyl 

 The Apis rotimdata of Kirby is A, bimaculata in fine conditiou.* 



Genus 15. ANTEOPIIOEA. 



Apis, pt., Linn. Sj/st. Nat, I 953 (1766). 

 Megilla, pt., Fadr, Si/st. Piez, p. 328 (1804). 

 Lasius, pt., Jurine, ilt/m. p. 235 (1807). 



Anthophora, Latr. Nouv. Diet, d'Hist. Nat. ix*. 167 (1803) • Gen 

 Crust, et Ins, iv. 174 (1809). 



Head transverse, broad, the ej^es wide apart; viewed in front, 

 subtrigonate ; ocelli placed in a triangle on the vertex ; the an-, 

 tennse have the scape short, about equal in length to the first 

 joint of the fiagellum, the radical or intervening joint globose; 

 the first joint of the flagellum clavate, beyond wdiich it is filiform, 

 the joints being of about equal length ; the labrum subquadrate, 

 rounded anteriorly. The labial palpi four-jointed, the basal 

 joint thrice the length of the second joint; the two apical joints 

 minute, placed at the side and near the apex of the second joiBt, 

 v/hich is pointed at its apex; the tongue one-third longer than 

 the palpi, pubescent, particularly towards the a|^x; the para- 

 glossa? short and lanceolate. Maxillary palpi six-jointed, the 

 basal joint short and stout, the second stouter and lono-er than 

 the third, the rest each shorter than the preceding. The ante- 

 rior wings with one marginal and three submarginal cells ; the 

 second submarginal narrowed towards the marginal, and receiving 

 the first recurrent nervure a little beyond the middle, the third 

 submarginal of nearly equal wddth ; the second recurrent nervure 

 ■imitingwith the apical nervure of the third submarginal cell; 





