HYMENOPTERA. 403 



76. BOMBUS FLAVESCENS. 



Bombus flavescens, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. new ser. p. 45 (J . 

 Hab. North China (Chusan). 



77- Bombus formosus. B.M. 



Female. Length 9 lines. — Black ; the pubescence on the 

 head and thorax above black, on the sides of the metathorax and 

 beneath the wings it is yellow; the legs black; wings smoky; 

 the basal segment of the abdomen and a broad angular patch on 

 the two following segments, of bright yellow pubescence ; that 

 on the second and third segments laterally, is bright ferruginous ; 

 the three apical segments covered with black pubescence. 



Hab. India. 



78. Bombus eximius. B.M. 



Bombus eximius. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. 47. new ser. t. 8. 



f. 5$. 



This species resembles the B. rnfipes of St. Fargeau ; but the 

 type-specimen described by that author is in the collection of 

 J. O. Westwood, Esq., and it differs from the present species in 

 having dark smoky wings, with only the intermediate tarsi, and 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; in eximius all the tibiae and 

 tarsi are pale, the wings yellow, and the nervures ferruginous. 



Hab. Silhet. 



79. Bombus similis. 



Bombus similis. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. ii. new ser. p. 48. 

 Hab. Northern India. 



Genus 63. MELIPONA. 



Apis, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 273 (1798). 

 Melipona, Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. iv. 182 (1806-9). 

 Trigona, pt., Jurine, Hym. (1807). 



1. Melipona favosa, v _. B.M. 



Apis favosa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. p. 275. 82. 



Latr. Mem. Ann. Mus. v. 175. t. 13. f. 5 ; iv. t. 69. f. 6, 8 

 {type sp. in Coll. Westw.). 

 Melipona favosa, Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. iv. 182, and Voy. Humb, 

 <^ 5owj?. p. 289. l.t. 20. f. 1 J. 

 King, Illig. Mag. vi. 226. 



