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affinity to the Apidcs, exclusively of that presented by 
the folding of the tongue in repose, in its presenting 
immediately the large development of the labial palpi 
which is peculiarly characteristic of this subfamily. 
All the cuckoobees then follow in order; these are 
succeeded by the true Dasygasters; after which come 
Latreille’s Scopulipedes; and the series is wound up by 
Apis and Bombus. 
Mr. Kirby, I suppose, was induced to associate in the 
same section Panurgus and Nomada, from their resem¬ 
blance in general habit, which in both conforms to the 
type predominant in the Andrenidce, although they are 
thence dislocated by the differences in the important 
organs of the mouth, which verify in this case the seem¬ 
ing paradox of a part being greater than the whole; for 
these are certainly of greater relative importance to the 
economy of the creature than mere general habit, and 
to which all the peculiarities of structure finally converge, 
for the purpose of giving it what it thence acquires, its 
own proper and distinctive place in the series of created 
beings. 
The most extensive work since published upon bees 
generally, is that treating of th effymenoptera universally, 
written by Le Pelletier de St. Fargeau, and comprised 
in four thick octavo volumes, contained in the c Suites a 
Buffon/ In this work both the genera and species of our 
bees occur, of course conjunctively with the rest, but its 
utility, especially to the beginner, is materially diminished 
by the peculiar systematic views of the author. The dis¬ 
tribution of the Order is framed chiefly upon the eco¬ 
nomy of the insects, which is not so tangible as structure, 
and blends very heterogeneous forms,—widely separa¬ 
ting, in some cases, structural affinities, and sometimes 
