† With two submarginal cells to the wings.
Genus 9. Panurgus, Panzer.
([Plate VI.] fig. 1 ♂♀.)
Apis * a, Kirby.
Gen. Char.: Head transversely subquadrate; ocelli in a triangle on the vertex, which, as well as the face, is convex, the latter between the antennæ carinated as far as the clypeus; antennæ short, subclavate, the second joint of the flagellum considerably the longest, the remainder equal; clypeus slightly convex; labrum transversely quadrate, convex; mandibles acutely unidentate; cibarial apparatus long; tongue half its entire length, gradually acute, and fringed laterally with delicate hair; paraglossæ slender, acute, membranous, not quite half the length of the tongue; labial palpi more than half the length of the tongue, the basal joint longer than the two following, the remainder gradually decreasing in length, all conterminous; labium half the length of the cibarial apparatus, broad; maxillæ slender, subhastate, as long as the tongue; maxillary palpi six-jointed, the basal joint robust, subclavate, as is the second joint, but more slender, the remainder filiform, gradually declining in length. Thorax oval; prothorax inconspicuous; mesothorax with a deep central groove; bosses protuberant; scutellum and post-scutellum lunulate; metathorax gibbous; wings with the marginal cell slightly appendiculated, two submarginal cells and a third commenced, the second receiving both the recurrent nervures, the first close to its commencement and the second beyond its centre; the legs densely pilose, the posterior pair having their coxæ and trochanters beneath, their femora in front, above, the tibiæ and plantæ all round, covered with long hair; claws bifid. Abdomen ovate, the base subtruncate, the basal segment having a deep central impression at its base, the fifth segment fringed with short dense hair, the terminal segment with a triangular plate carinated in the centre, and fimbriated laterally, and all very slightly constricted.
The MALE scarcely differs, except in having the head rather more globose and more pubescent; and the legs, although still hairy, much less so than in the female.
NATIVE SPECIES.
1. Banksiana, Kirby, ♂♀. 4-5¼ lines.
ursinus, Curtis, iii. 101. ([Plate VI.] fig. 1 ♂♀.)
2. calcaratus, Scopoli, ♂♀. 3-4 lines.