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Fere statura et magnitudo Apis méllificm. Caput sub- 

 transversim triangulare, nigrum, fusco-hirtum, facie et 

 genis antice griseis, his longiusculis, striatulis; mandibu- 

 lis dente apicali obtuso; labri lamina parva bifida. An- 

 tennse articulo 2:o libero, 3:o 4:o paullo longiore, 4 — 10 

 fere transversis, apicem versus vix latioribus. Thorax 

 pilis fusco-rufis hirsutus, fimbria metathoracis distincta. 

 Alse vix fumatse, apice hyalinse, nervö basali longius ante 

 stigma postcostam attingente, hujus nempe abscissa 2:a 

 quam abscissa 2:a vense basalis paullo longiore, nervö 

 recurrente 2:o sigmoideo, cellula 2:a submarginali altitu- 

 dine sua longiore. Abdomen ovato-acuminatum, convexum, 

 segmentis dorsalibus l:o rufescenti-hirto, 2 — 4 fusco-pilo- 

 sis, depressione apicali obsolete griseo-fasciata, obsoletius 

 punctatis, ventralibus fusco-fimbriatis. Pedes nigri, scopa 

 pallida, externe nigro-fusca. Pectus griseo-hirtuni. 



Mas differt: antennis paullo longioribus, genis paullo 

 longioribus, labri basi lamina nulla; corpore cum pedibus 

 griseo-albido-hirto, facie utrinque nigro-pilosa, alis hya- 

 linis, abdomine segmento 2:o dorsali strictura vix ulla, 

 l:o griseo-hirto, 2 — 4 longius minus dense griseo-pilosis, 

 obsolete fasciatis, segmentis ventralibus 2 — 4 utrinque 

 longius fimbriatis, 6:o simplice, eodem dorsali apice an- 

 guste subtruncato. 



Temligen sällsynt i medlersta Sverige; finnes tidigt om våren 

 på pilhängen. 



2. C. impunctata: Capite thoraceque fulvo-, pectore ab- 

 dominisque basi griseo-hirtis, hoc sublsevi, nitido, 

 fasciis augustis albidis: mas abdomine vix fasciato, 

 segmento ultimo ventrali linea media subelevata, 

 utrinque spatio densius tomentoso terminato ornato. 

 Long. 7—8 mill. 



Nyl. Rev. Ap. bor. 249. 5. Thoms. Op. 314. 2. 



