PLATE XLIII.
XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA.
Plate [XLIII]. fig. 1.
Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Mellifera. Family: Apidæ, Leach.
Genus. Xylocopa, Fabr. Apis, Linn. Drury.
Xylocopa Virginica. Hirsuta pallida; abdomine, excepto primo segmento, atro. (Magn. Bomb. terrestr.)
Syn. Apis Virginica, Linn. Mant. p. 540. Fabr. Syst. Piez. 346. 14. (Bombus v.) Ent. Syst. 2. 318. 15.
Habitat: Virginia.
Head, between the eyes, black, with a cream-coloured spot in front, just above the mouth. Antennæ black, and shorter than the thorax, which is covered at top with hairs of a pale yellowish colour. All the four wings are membranaceous and transparent. Abdomen composed of six rings, entirely black, except the first, which is pale yellow above, but black underneath. The breast and legs are black and hairy, the hairs on the fore legs being rather dark brown. The under parts of all the tarsi are light brown.