Plate XXXVII. fig. 7.
ORDER: Hymenoptera. SECTION: Mellifera. FAMILY: Apidæ.
GENUS. CÆLIOXYS? _Latreille_. Apis, _Drury_.
CÆLIOXYS? ANNULARIS. Atra, capite marginibusque posticis segmentorum
abdominalium cinereis, antennis atris, pedibus fuscis. (Magn. Apis
mellific.)
SYN. Apis Annularis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: New York.
Head ash-coloured. Eyes brown. Ocelli distinct. Tongue very distinct.
Antennæ black, and the length of the thorax, which is black likewise.
Abdomen black, with ash-coloured rings, both above and underneath,
terminating in a sharp point. Legs brown; the fore-ones being nearly as
long as the hinder.