European honey bee, Apis mellifera m 9, f 10, A. fortis 11, sea aster bee, Colletes halophilus 12, nomad bee, Nomada signata 13, generosus 14, acris 15, effrons 16, vitreus 17, hiberus 18, desertus 19, myscelus 20, and minimus 21. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Moses Harris from his own Exposition of English Insects, Including the several Classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, or Bees, Flies and Libellulae, White and Robson, London, 1782.

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