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Apis flavopicta Kirby 1. c. 201. 21. ($). forte. 



Prsecedenti magnitudine et statura similis et affinis, 

 scutello 2-tuberculato, abdomine segmento l:o fascia ab- 

 breviata in utroque sexu ornato mox distincta; femina an- 

 tennis paullo longioribus, superne basi nigricantibus, labro 

 tuberculo majore compresso paullo infra medium armato, 

 mandibulis apice obtusis, thorace profundius rugoso-pun- 

 ctato, scutello elevato, bituberculato, metathorace postice 

 vix pubescenti, abdomine depressione segmenti 2:i et 3:i 

 punctata, fascia 5:i citrina lateribus haud attenuata, alis 

 subhyalinis, limbo fumato, femoribus totis rufis, coxis po- 

 sticis superne immaculatis, tibiis posticis apice externe 

 sinu minore haud setoso; mas corpore vix piloso, anten- 

 nis articulo 3:o 4.o fere breviore, labri tuberculo magno, 

 mandibulis apice obtusis, femoribus basi, sensim latius 

 nigris discedens. 



Ej sällsynt. 



Anm. Kirbys beskrifning passar ej fullkomligt in på denna art^ 

 ty om honan säges "caput flavedine antice antennas versus subtri- 

 loba, punctulum flavum faciem ad oculos sub antennis utrinque sig- 

 nat, metatborax punctis duobus parallelogrammicis sulphureis," bvilka 

 karakterer ej öfverensstämma med ofvanbeskrifna species. 



aa) Alse superiores nervö transverso ordinario pone furcam cu- 

 biti sito. Thorax hirtulus. Segmentum ultimum dorsale maris 

 citrinum, apice ssepissime inciso. Scutellum tuberculis 2 ci- 

 trinis, rarissime rufis vel nigris (^) ornatum. 



b) Abdomen segmento 2:o depressione postica tota punctatissima, 

 l:o rarissime fascia ferruginea. Scutellum haud rufo-pictum 

 Mas antennis dimidio basali supero nigro. 



c) Pemina orbita posteriore nigra. Mas antennis simplicibus, 



3. N. succincta: Nigra, hirtula, antennis, ore pedibusque 

 rufis, his basi nigris, macula faciei orbitali flava, 

 collari, tuberculo humerali, tegulis, scutelli 2 maculis 

 abdominisque fasciis citrinis; mas femoribus anteri- 



