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MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 



The "stinging bug" (Fig. 118) is somewhat jagged in 

 appearance, about three-eighths of an inch long, and generally 

 of a yellow color ; though this latter seems quite variable. 



Fig. 118. — Side view, natural siee. 



Frequently there is a distinct greenish hue. Beneath the 

 abdomen, and on the back of the head, thorax and abdomen, 

 it is more or less specked with brown ; while across the dorsal 



Fig. 1\^.— Magnified twice. 



aspect of the broadened abdomen is a marked stripe of 

 brown (Fig. 119 d, d). Sometimes this stripe is almost want- 

 ing, sometimes a mere patch, while rarely the whole abdomen, 



Fig. 120. — Beak, much magnified. 



is very slightly marked, and as often we find it almost wholly 

 brown above and below. The legs (Fig. 119, b), beak and 



