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varies greatly ia the coloration of abdomen, varying from almost en- 

 tirely black to almost entirely yellow. It is allied to insularis. Smith. 



Apatlius elatus. 



ApiH elafa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. ii., p. 274. 



Three S specimens. (Belfrage ; Boll.) 



Boiubuis virginicus. 



Apis virginiciis, Oliv. Encyc. Meth. Ins. iv., p. 66. 



Two 5 specimens from Comal Co. 



BoinbuK fervidus. 



Bombus fervidus, Fabr. Syst. Piez., p. 352. 

 One 9 specimen. (Belfrage.) 



Bonibiis pennsylvanicns. 



Apis pcnnsi/lvanicus, De Geer, Mem. lii , p. 575. 

 Bombus americanorum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 346. 



Sixteen S 9 5 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll; Heiligbrodt.) 



Bombus Scutellaria. 



Bombus scutellaris, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. ii. p. 96. 

 Three 9 ^ specimens. 



Apis inellifica. 



Apis mellifica, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii., p. 955. 



Six 5 specimens. (Boll; Heiligbrodt.) 



ERRATUM. 



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