PLATE CLI. i 9 



F I G. II. 



APIS TUMULORUM. 



Small, long horned Bee. 



hymenoptera. 



Wings four, generally membraneous. Tail of the female armed 

 with a fling. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Jaws, with a Trunk bent downwards. Antennae elbowed in the 

 middle. Wings plain. Body hairy. Abdomen connected by a 

 pedicle. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Antennas rather longer than the body. Entirely black, with greyilh 

 hairs. Jaws yellow. 



ApisTumulorum. Lin. Syjl. Nat. 2.953. 2. edit. S.—Fn.Sv. 



1685. 

 ApisTumulorum: Antennis filiformibus longitudine corporis nigris 



maxillis flavis. Fab. Syji. Ent. 533. ST.— Spec. Inf. 



1. 486. 122. 

 Eucera Tumuhrum, vol. 2. 344. 159. 



Sulz. HIJl. Inf. tab. 27. fig. 14. 



This extraordinary Bee is found in Summer, againft banks, when 



the weather is fine. Were it not for the remarkable length of the 



Antennas, it would fcarcely deferve notice, though it is rather a 



fcarce Infecl:. 



C 2 FIG. 



