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these two specimens [the queen from California and the male from 

 Oregon], coming from such widely separated localities, do not be- 

 long to the same species, but they are so much alike in general ap- 

 pearance that it is my belief that ihcy belong together." The cap- 

 ture of both sexes within the same general region is further evi- 

 dence that the queen and male described by Franklin are the same 

 species. 



22. Psithyrus ashtoni Cress. New London, Wisconsin, six males, 

 July 11, 1<i2() (T. H. Frison Wisconsin State Ent. and Author's 

 Collections); Two Rivers, Wisconsin, twenty-eight males, August 

 26, 1912 (J. W. Folsom Author's Collection); Vilas County, Wis- 

 consin, one queen and five males, August. I'.M:; ( \V. M. Marshall- 

 University of Wisconsin Collection); Madison, Wisconsin, one male, 

 August :>. 11)19 CZ. T. Brown Wisconsin State Ent. Collection); 

 Selon Springs, Wisconsin, one queen. July 1 , I'.KI'.I i Milwaukee Pub- 

 lic Museum Collection); Alpena, Michigan, two small females, June 

 16, 1910 (Nason Collection -University of Illinois Museum); One- 

 kamo, Michigan, two males, July 12, 1914 (H. MacGillivray Author'^ 

 Collection); Griswolda, Michigan, five males, August 21, 1915 (T. II. 

 Frison Author's Collection). 



23. Psithyrus tricolor Franklin. New London, Wisconsin, six- 

 teen males, July 11, 1020 (T. H. Frison Wisconsin State Entomolo- 

 gist's and Author's Collections). This is the first record of this 

 species in any of the North Central States, the species being previ- 

 ously recorded in the United States from New York, New Hamp- 

 shire, Washington and Colorado. 



Among a collection of bumblebees from the region of No- 

 gales. Oracle, and the Patagonia and Catalina Mountains. Ari- 

 zona, is the following new species. 



Bremus (Bombus) franklini n. sp. 



9. Queen. Face with black and whitish-yellow pile intermixed, the 

 black pile dominant, the whitish-yellow pile mot abundant vcntrad of 

 the articulation of the antennae. Occipital orbits dark, nearly destitute 

 of pile adjacent to outer margin of eye, somewhat coarsely and densely 

 punctate. Occiput with a triangular patch of nearly pure whitish-yel- 

 low pile. Labrum with tubercle-like areas large and well separated, 

 coarsely punctate; shelf-like projection moderately wide and conspicu- 

 ous; pile on ventral margin of labruni lorn; and ferruginous. Mandible 

 distinctly four-toothed, with coar e scattered punctures; pile at distal 

 end short, on outer proximal margin very lony, ferruginous. I'Kpeus 

 well punctate, particularly so in anterior corners and portion. 



Malar space somewhat shorter than its width at artirnla: i.>: indi- 



bles, one-half greatest width of eye, impunctate, polished. ( >< elli situ- 

 ated just above supra-orbital line or narrowest part of vertex; lateral 

 ocelli as far distant from each other as distant from median 



