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PLATE CCCCIII. 



FIG. I. 

 APIS IRICOLOR. 



IRICOLOR BEE. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Mouth horny : jaw and lip membranaceous at the tip : tongue 

 inflected : feelers four, unequal, filiform : antenna? fhort, and filiform ; 

 thofe of the female fomewhat clavated: fting of the females and 

 neuters pungent, and concealed within the abdomen. 



" SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Violaceous, above glabrous : wings blackifh. 



Apis Iricoloe: violacea, fupra glabra ; alis nigricantibus. Kirby> 



Ap. Angl. T. 2. p. 310. n. 72. 



Druiy Inf. Vol. I. p. 108. tab. 45. fig. 3. 

 Apis Virens: Chriftii Hymenop. p. 123. tab. 6, fig. 2. 



Apis Iricolor is, a large and beautiful fpecies, but which, we are 



almoft perfuaded, has been introduced into the Britiili Catalogue 



without fufficient reafon. Mr. Kirby found it in Dr. Latham's 



E cabinet 



VOL. XII. 



