. British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects. , is also to be foundwith these Bees. The submarginal cells in the wings ofEucera are two in number. Saropoda is distinguished by the labial palpi, whichthough really composed of four joints, form a straightbristle-like organ. In the other English Apidse (seefig. 63, e), the terminal joint or joints are placed at anangle. It contains only one species, S. Bimaculata, awood-burrower. The wings have three submarginal „ gg Anthophora contains four spe- cies. They burrow in hard banks,
. British insects : a familiar description of the form, structure, habits, and transformations of insects. , is also to be foundwith these Bees. The submarginal cells in the wings ofEucera are two in number. Saropoda is distinguished by the labial palpi, whichthough really composed of four joints, form a straightbristle-like organ. In the other English Apidse (seefig. 63, e), the terminal joint or joints are placed at anangle. It contains only one species, S. Bimaculata, awood-burrower. The wings have three submarginal „ gg Anthophora contains four spe- cies. They burrow in hard banks,old walls, &c., forming in themwhite-lined, elliptical egg-cells,which they provision and Acervorum, a very common Bee,is nearly or quite two-thirds of aninch in length, black and hairy,with reddish-yellow hairs uponthe legs in the female; in themale, the fore part of the abdo-men is clothed with yellow hair,there is yellow about the face, and the legs, of which the middleHead of Anthophora retusa. p^jj, ^^^ ^^^^^ j^^^^ ^^-^^^^ ^^ white and of black hairs. The submarginal cells HYxMENOPTERA.—ACULEATA. 243 The last sub-family of Bees is the Sociales, contain-ing the Humble Bees (Bombus), and the Hive Bees,besides a genus of large Cuckoo Bees (Apathus) whichso nearly resemble the Humble Bees that, althoughsupposed not to be nest-builders, they are naturallyassociated with them; all these have three submarginalcells. (PI. IX., fig. G. Bombus terrestris $ .) The Humble Bees are too well known to require de-scription, and no others are likely to be mistaken forthem, except the parasitic Apathus. Their large, heavy,handsomely-clothed bodies, their pleasant hum, and theirbusy habits, render them noticeable to the least obser-vant, and they are almost universal favourites. In habits they are social, or partially so; and, likethe other social Hymenoptera, they consist of males,females, and neuters. In one respect their habits re-semble those of the Ants rather tha
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