4 2 PLATE LXXXVIII. 



comes forth when the fun fliines to extrac! the melliferous moiflure of 

 flowers, and is perfectly harmlefs unlefs when irritated. Linnaeus de- 

 fcribes the Anus of the Apis Terreftris white, but I find this is not 

 always conftant; I have feveral fpecimens that agree with the one 

 reprefented in the annexed plate. 



I have compared them with the fpecimen in the Linnaean Cabinet; 

 they perfectly agree in every refpect except in the brown or yellow 

 colour of the extreme part of the Abdomen: they are certainly only 

 varieties. 



F I G. II. 

 APIS LAPIDARIA. 



Red-tail Bee. 

 Hymenoptera. 



Apis. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black, hairy, Anus red-orange colour. 

 A. L. hirfuta atra, ano fulvo. Syji. Ent. 381. 14. habitat lapidum 

 in acervis. 



Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 960. 44. — Fn. Sv. 1701.— 

 Geoff. Inf. 2. 417. 



Bombylius maximus totus niger, exceptis duobus extremis abdo- 

 minis annulis rufis. Raj. Inf. 246. 1. Scop. Cam. 813. 

 Frifch. Inf. 9. p. 25. Fig. 2. 

 Reaum Inf. 6. t. 1. f. 1. 4. 

 Scbarf. Icon. Tab. 69. Fig. 9. 



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In the Linnaean Cabinet, (now in the pofTeffion of Dr. Smith) I 

 find under the name Apis Lapidaria two infers, fo very different in 

 iize, that it certainly will admit feme doubt whether they ought to be 



confidered 



