9 g PLATE CVIII. 



which the annexed figure is copied * his Lordfhip told me he met 

 with it in Wiltfhire laft fummer, with feveral other rare Infeds, 

 which will appear fhortly in this work, 



F I G. II. 



APIS ACERVORUM. 



Black Bee. 



h ymenopter a. 



Apis. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Entirely Black. Hairy. 



Apis Acervorum hirfuta atra. Linn. SyJJ. Nat. 2. 261. 50. 



Fn. Sv. 1717. 

 SchajF. Icon. tab. 7$. fig- 5. 



This fpecies lives in the earth, it is not often met with near Lon* 

 don. Wp received it through the fame channel as the former. 



