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rufo-piceous, the flagellum black, slightly fulvous beneath; thorax: a 
glassy smooth and shining pale space enclosed by a suture, the wings 
hyaline and iridescent, the nervures dark fusco-ferruginous ; the inter¬ 
mediate and posterior tarsi, the posterior tibiae outside, except at their 
base and a line on the posterior femora above black. The 2 apical 
segments of the abdomen thinly covered with white downy pile ; beneath, 
the segments fringed with pale hairs. — Long. 2 lines (=474 mm).» 
New-Guinea. 
154. Apis dorsata Fabr. 
Über Apis dorsata verdanke ich Herrn Heinrich Kühn (Key 
Eilanden) nähere Daten und Tiere, die er auf seinen Reisen für mich 
sammelte. So erhielt ich die typische Form (Segm. 1—2 rotgelb) der 
dorsata von: Ins. Wetter, im März und April gefangen; Ins. Kisser, 
im März und April gefangen ; 
von var. bicolor Klg. Stücke von: Ins. Roma, im Januar gefangen; 
von var. zonata Sm. nur von : N. Celebes, Toli-Toli, im November- 
December gefangen; S. Celebes, Samanga, im November gefangen. 
ANHANG. 
Nomia fulviventris Camer. 
1901. — Nomia fulviventris cf Cameron, Proc. Zool. Soc. London. I. p. 246. 
cf. «Fulva, mesonoto, scutello abdominisque dorso late nigris; pedi¬ 
bus fulvis ; tibiis posticis late nigris ; alis hyalinis, costa stigmateque 
nigris, nervis fuscis. L. 10 mm. 
Scape of antennæ and predicle fulvous, sparsely covered with long 
fulvous hair; scape densely covered with a pale down, which gives it 
a whitish look. The front, face and clypeus densely covered with ful¬ 
vous pubescence, smooth and shining; clypeus is alsmost square, its 
apex is raised and transverse, in its centre is a narrow carina which 
does not reach to the apex; mandibles pale fulvous, becoming gradu¬ 
ally narrowed towards the apex, which is black. Thorax smooth and 
shining ; on the mesonotum is an indistinct central line and a larger 
one on either side ; scutellum large, sligthly but distinctly depressed in 
the centre; postscutellum furrowed in the middle; the metanotal area 
is clearly defined behind by a stout, curved keel; edge behind it is also 
raised ; inside it is irregularly longitudinally striated, almost reticula¬ 
ted; the centre is distinctly furrowed; the lower half of the sides is 
bounded by a stout keel. Behind the middle of the mesopleuræ is a 
