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are all intended for the variety /3 of his male Apis Barbutella, which he 

 diftinguifhes as having the thoracic band,, fcutel, and bafe of the abdo- 

 men hirfute, with greyifh hairs. The defcriptions certainly accord with 

 it fo exactly, that we cannot heiitate in admitting the opinion of 

 Mr. Kirby to be correct. Apis autumn alis hirta,, thorace cineraf- 

 cente : fafcia nigra ; abdomine atro bafi cinerafcente, ano albo. 

 Fabr*. — Apis saltuum hirfuta atra, thorace albo fafcia nigra abdo- 

 mine antice anoque albis. Panz. Faun. Inf. Germ. Another va- 

 riety has the bafe of the thorax and tip obfcure yellowifh, and the ab- 

 domen immaculate at the bafe. Apis Barbutella is not very uncommon 

 in the funimer time among flowers : the variety called by Fabricius Au- 

 tumnalisj is feen moil commonly late in the year, and on thiftles chiefly. 



* Defcribed as a German infeQ; nearty allied to Apis ruderata from the cabinet of 

 Smidt. " Nimis affinis certe A ruderatas at duplo minor. Caput atrum. Thorax hirtus, 

 cinerafcens fafcia inter alas atra. Abdomen hirtum bail cTrterafcens, in medio atruro aao 

 lato albo. Pedes nigri tarfis piceis." Fabr. Ent. Syft. T. 2. p. 324. 4'3. 



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