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,
{91}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.