17. APATHUS. 221 



1. Apathus rupestris. 



A. hirsutus, ater, alls nigricantibus, ano rufo-fulvo. 



Apathus rupestris, Smith, Zool. ii. 543 $ 2 ; Bees Great Brit. 231. 



Thorns. Opusc. Ent. 259 ; Hym. Scand. ii. 44. 

 Apis rupestris, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 320 2 . 



Kirby, Mon. Apum Angl. ii. 369 $ . 

 Bombus rupestris, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 348 $ 



Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xiv. 1. 



Bahlb. Bomb. Scand. 51, tab. fig. 21 $ . 

 Psithyrus rupestris, St.-Farg. Hym. ii. 426 2 • 



Drews. 8f Schibdte, Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. 125 rf 2 • 



Curtis, Brit Ent. x. tab. 234 $ . 



Nyland. Notis. ur Stilish, pro Faun, et Flo. Fenn. i. 241 £ • 

 Apis albinella, Kirby, lib. cit. 361 rf . 

 Apis arenaria, Panz. Faun. Germ. 74. 12 2 var « 

 Apis frutetorum, Panz. lib. cit. 75. 18 rf . 

 Bombus frutetorum, Fabr. lib. cit. 350 <$ . 

 Psithyrus frutetorum, St.-Farg. lib. cit. ii. 436. 



Female. Length 9-10 lines. — Black, with black pubescence ; 

 the wings dark brown with a violet iridescence. The abdomen 

 shining, nearly glabrous on the disk ; the three apical segments 

 with rufo-fulvous pubescence ; beneath, the basal half of the seg- 

 ments smooth and shining ; the apical margin of the fifth fringed 

 with fulvous hairs. B.M. 



Yar. (3. The collar and scutellnm with the pubescence more or less 

 yellow. (A. arenaria, Panz.) 



Male. Length 6-7 lines. — The pubescence black ; the four apical 



segments with rufo-fulvous pubescence ; the tarsi and posterior 



tibise fringed with fulvous hairs ; wings fusco -hyaline. B.M. 



Var. j3. The second segment of the abdomen with a lateral tuft of 



cinereous pubescence. 

 Yar. y. The thorax anteriorly with a mixture of cinereous hairs, and 



the first and second segments of the abdomen with a lateral tuft of 



cinereous pubescence. (A. albinella, Kirby.) 

 Yar. $. The pubescence on the thorax anteriorly and posteriorly 



cinereous ; the base of the abdomen also with cinereous pubescence. 



(A. frutetorum, Kirby.) 



The variety of the female, Apis arenaria of Panzer, is very rare in 

 this country : the late Mr. Wing had a specimen ; and Mr. Bridg- 

 man, of Norwich, has recently taken specimens of the same variety 

 near that city. The species is plentiful in Norfolk ; it is not common 

 in the vicinity of London ; but it is found in all parts of the country in 

 greater or less abundance. 



2. Apathus vestalis. 



A* hirsutus, ater, thorace antice flavo, ano albo, apice nigro. 



Apathus vestalis, Smith, Bees Great Brit. 238 J $ . 

 Thorns. Opusc. Ent. 259 ; Hym. Scand. ii. 46. 



