HYMENOPTERA I27 



BOMBUS NEARTICUS Handlirsch. 



Bojttbus nearticus Handlirsch, Ann. Hofmus. Wien., in, p. 243, ? g c^, 

 1888. 



Type in Hofmuseum, Vienna, From Juneau, July 3^; Wrangell 



(H. F. Wickham). Occurs also in Canada, Idaho and California. 



BOMBUS GELIDUS Cresson. 



Bombus gelidus QYt.^?>'&o^, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 184, 9. 1878. 

 Bombus vielanopygus Handlirsch {nee Nylander), Ann. Hofmus. Wien, Hi, 



p. 231, 1888. — Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., X, p. 533, 1896. 

 Bombus kineaidii Cockerell, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 11, p. 324, 



9Sd^, 1898. 



Type in collection of the American Entomological Society. 



From Aleutian Islands (Cresson) ; Pribilof Islands (Kincaid). Dr. 

 Henry Skinner has kindly sent me the type of this species for exami- 

 nation, and Professor Cockerell's B. kineaidii proves to be identical 

 with it. 



BOMBUS POLARIS Curtis. 



Bombus panaris Curtis, Ross's 2d Voy., App., p. Ixiii, 9d^. 1831. — Erich- 

 son, Arch. f. Naturg., i, p. 288, 1836. — Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. 

 Miis., II, p. 397, 9, 1854. — Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila,, 11, p. loi, 

 1863. — MacLachlan, Journ, Linn. Soc. Zool., xiv, p. 106, 1877. — 

 Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., x, p. 540, 1896. 

 Type in British Museum, From Kodiak, July 30 ; Seldovia, July 



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BOMBUS PLEURALIS Nylander, 



Bombus plfuralis Nylander, Notis. Saellsk faun, et fl. Fenn. Forh., i 

 [Adnot.] p. 231, 9d^. 1848. — Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., 11, p. 

 96, 9c?i 1863. — Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., x, p. 540, 1896. 



From Popof Island, July 8, 9, 11 ; Kodiak, July 30, Also found in 

 Siberia. 



BOMBUS SYLVICOLA Kirby, 



Bombus syhneola Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Amer., iv p. 272, 1837. — Cresson, 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., 11, p. 106, 9. 1863. — Cresson, Syn. Hym. North 

 Am., p. 309, 1887. — Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., x, p. 548, 1896. 



Bombus gelidus Cockerell {7iec Cresson). 



Type in British Museum, From Kukak Bay, July 4 ; Popof Island, 

 July 9; Seldovia, July 21 ; Unalaska, August 37, 



BOMBUS JUXTUS Cresson. 



Bombus juxtus Cresson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 187, 9. 1878. — 



Cresson, Syn. Hym. North Am., p. 308, 1887. 

 Botnbzis flavifrons Handlirsch {jiee Cresson) Ann. Hofmus. Wien, in, p. 



231, 1888. — Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., x, p. 520, 1891, 

 Bombus parvidus Cockerell. 



