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BRITISH BEES. 
terminal joint being very little shorter than the preced¬ 
ing. Thorax ovate; prothorax inconspicuous, or distinct 
and angulated laterally; mesothorax glabrous, deeply 
punctulated ; its bosses conspicuous and prominent; 
scutellum divided into two very prominent tubercles; 
post-scutellwn linear, convex; metathorax with a tri¬ 
angular space at its base, and declining to the insertion 
of the abdomen; wings with three submarginal cells, 
and a fourth very slightly commenced, the first as long 
as the two following, and each of which receives a re¬ 
current nervure about its centre; legs subspinose exter¬ 
nally on the tibise, and not polliniferous; claws of tarsi 
small and not bifid. Abdomen oval, glabrous, shining; 
terminal segment triangular, with its sides ridged. 
The male scarcely differs, excepting in sometimes 
being more profusely adorned with colour, but this is not 
always the case, the female being often the most ornate. 
There are very slight differences in the antennae in the 
sexes, which may be readily associated together. 
NATIVE SPECIES. 
§ With filiform antennae. 
1. sex-fasciata, Panzer, £ $ . 5-6 lines. (Plate 
VIII. % 3c? ?•) 
Schcejferella, Kirby. 
connexa, Kirby. 
2. Goodemana, Kirby, $ $ . 4-5 lines. (Plate VIII. 
fig* 1 S ? •) 
? succincta, Panzer. 
3. alternata, Kirby, ? * 4-5 lines. 
Marshamella , Kirby. 
4. Lathburiana, Kirby, £ $ . 4-5 J lines. (Plate 
VIII. fig. 2 $ ? •) 
