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MODERN SYSTEM. 
Melitta tricincta. Kirby. Andrena tricincta. Lair. Cilissa tricincta- 
Leach. 
Inhabits — . 
Stirps 2. — Lip with the intermediate division incurved, or nearly 
straight: superior icings in all with three complete submarginal 
cells. 
* Lip with the intermediate division nearly straight, not twice the 
length of the head. 
Genus 470. SPHECODES. ImIt., Leach Sphex. Linnc, Villers, 
liossi. Apis. Geoff. Proapis. De Geer. Nomoda. Fair. 
Andrena. Oliv., Pan:., Jurine, Spinola. Dichroa. Illigo 
Klug. Melitta. a. Kirby. 
Ijabrum trigonate, ot’ the male entire, of the female generally emat- 
ginate : antenna of the males long, almost moniliibrm, arcuated : 
abdomen with the greater portion smooth. 
Oes. — The species of Sphccodes, at first sight, hear a near resemblance 
to Sphex. They make their nests in bare sections of banks exposed 
to the sun, and nearly vertical. According to Reaumur, they exca- 
vate to the depth of nine or ten inches, and deposit their eggs in » 
mass of pollen mixed with honey. 
Sp. 1. Sph. gibbus. 
Melitta gibba. Kirby. 
Inhabits Europe. 
** Lip with the intermediate division incurved, longer than the 1“' 
terul ones, and twice as long or more than the head. 
Genus 171. HYL/EUS. Fubr., Illig., Spinola, Klug, Leach. An 8 ' 
Linnc, Villers, Rossi. Andrena. Oliv., Pans., Jurine, Sp 1 ' 
nola. Melitta. ** b. Kirby. IIai.ictus. Late. 
Lip lanceolate, little sericeous: hinder feet in both sexes alike : anus o f 
the females with a longitudinal groove above. 
The males of this genus are remarkable for an elongate cylindri® 
body. The wings of many of the species are beautifully iridescent- 
They nidificate in bare banks. 
Pp. 1. Hyl. qnadri-cinctus. 
Apis 4-cincta. Linnc. 
Inhabits tire vicinity of London, but is rare. 
Fam. XIX. Apid.e. Leach. 
Lip with the apex inflected, the intermediate lacinia filiform, and very 
long : labial palpi with the two first joints resembling a compressed 
seta. 
