Plate ccccxxxiv. 



APIS PENNIPES, 



PLUME LEGGED BEE, 

 HYjV^ENOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Mouth horny, jaw and lip membranaceous at the tip : tongue in- 

 flecled : feelers four, unequal and filiform : antenna; fhort and fili- 

 form in the males, in the females fubclavated : wings flat : fting of 

 the females and neuters pungent and concealed in the abdomen. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Somewhat greyifh and pubefcent: middle legs tufted with long 

 hairs. 



Apis pen ni pes: pubefcens fubgrifea; pedibus fecundariis elonga- 

 tis crinito-peftinatis, Lin. Nat. MS. in Syfi. 

 Nat. 



Apis retusA mas. Corpore mafculo nigro, hirfuto-fulvo ; ano ni- 

 gricanti, pedibus intermediis elongatis, crinito-pec- 

 tinatis. Kirhy Ap. Angl. v. 2. p. 296. n. 69- 



Apis PLtJMiPES,hirfuta, pedum mediorum metatarfis fcopa atra, pof- 

 tice pilis raris longis barbatis. Schranck. Enum, 

 Inf. Aufir. n. 804. 



Apis plumipes. ' Pallas Spicil, Zool. 9. p. 24. tab. I. Jig. 14. 



b 2 Apis 



