18. apis. 227 



Female. Length 7-8 lines. — Fuscous, the pubescence rufo-fuseous, 

 that on the vertex fuscous ; the antennae, labrum, and mandibles 

 rufo-testaceous : the posterior tibiae and tarsi pale rufo-testaceous ; 

 the wings shorter than the body ; the margins of the segments of 

 the abdomen more or less rufo-testaceous. B.M. 



Worker. — Closely resembling the female, but uniformly of a darker 

 colour, the legs being concolorous ; the wings as long as the body. 



BM. 



Male. Length 8 lines. — Hobust ; coloured as in the worker, the 

 eyes ferruginous and approximate ; the head, the thorax, and also 

 the base of the abdomen thickly covered with short rufo-fuscous 

 pubescence, palest on the abdomen and metathorax ; the fourth and 

 apical segments have a long thin fuscous pubescence; the apex 

 inflexed, the seventh segment concealed. B.M. 



