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Bombus marylandiciis F. 



Apis marylandica Fabricius, Suppl. Entom. Syst., 1798, p. 273, n. 



20-21. 

 Bombus marylandicus Fabricius, Syst. Piez., 1804, p. 346, n. 19. 

 " " Illiger, Magaz.f. Insectenk., V, 1806, p. 172. 



" " Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., II, 1863, p. 90, 



n. 3. 

 " " Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., X, 1896, p. 532. 



The original description of this species is as follows : 

 "Large. Head black, labium ferruginous. Antennae black, first 

 segment ferruginous. Thorax hairy, ferruginous. Abdomen hairy, 

 black, second segment yellow. Posterior legs very hairy. Wings 

 blackish-violaceous. Habitat America." 



Unknown to me. It probably does not belong to the 

 Bombidae. 



Bombus napensis Spin. 

 Bombus napensis Spinola, Osculati: Explor. Reg. Equat., 1850, p. 201, 

 n. 23, cf (nom. nud.). 

 " " Spinola, Osculati: Explor. Reg. Equat., 1854, p. 203, 



n. 23, c? (nom. nud.). 

 Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., X, 1896, p. 537 (nom. 

 nud.). 



Bombus ornatus F. Sm. 



Bombus ornatus Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., II, 1854, p. 398, n. 52, 

 9 S c?. 

 Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., II, 1863, p. 104, n. 

 33, 9 S cf . 

 " " Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, VII, 1879, p. 231 



(Catal.). 

 " " Syn. Hym. No. Amer., 1887, p. 308 (Catal.). 



" ternarius var. ornatus Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., X, 1896, p. 

 553. 



The original description is as follows : 



''Female. Length 7 lines. Black; the pubescence on the head 

 black, mixed with yellow hairs at the insertion of the antenna ; the 

 thorax has a rich fulvo-ochraceous pubescence, and has a broad black 

 band between the wings, the sides of the thorax anteriorly yellow; the 

 legs have a black pubescence, with a few pale hairs at the base of the 

 femora beneath ; wings fusco-hyaline. Abdomen, the pubescence on 

 the basal segment yellow, on the three following segments it is fulvous, 

 having a narrow border of yellow, which divides it from the black 

 pubescence which clothes the apex. 



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