548 APID.5. 



*959. Bombns magrettii, Gvih. Bull. Soc. Ent. Hal xxiii, p. 115, $ J ; 

 Dall. Torr. Cat. x, p. 532. 



" 2 c? . Black, the tarsi sometimes (chiefly the posterior four) 

 more or less rufo-ferrnginous ; head much lengthened ; the 

 clypeus much higher than broad ; cheeks broader than the eyes ; 

 the apical ventral segment obsoletely canaliculate ; head, the disc 

 of the thorax, and the 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments above 

 clothed with black, the rest of the thorax, the legs, and the 4th and 

 following abdominal segments with fulvous pubescence ; the tibiae 

 and tarsi, sometimes also the apical abdominal segment, with 

 ferruginous pubescence ; the pubescence on the basal abdominal 

 segment yellow ; wings subinfuscate. 



" $. Length 14 mm. S . Length 10-13 mm." 



Hah. Shan Toma, Burma. 



Unknown to me, but closely resetnbling B. montivagus, Smith, 

 differing apparently only in the colour of the legs. 



*960. Bombns channicus, Grib. Bull. Soc. Ent. ItaI.x\m,^.\lQ, 2 9; 

 Dall. Torr. Cat. x, p. 514. 



" 2 9 • Closely resembling and allied to B. magrettii ; but 

 the head is shorter, the clypeus much broader than high, and the 

 cheeks uniformly in transverse diameter half the width of the 

 eyes. — Length, 2 19 mm.; ^ 10 mm." 



Hab. Shan Toma, Burma. 



961. Bomhns trifasciatus, SjnM, Trans. Ent. Soc. n. s. ii, 1852, p. 43, 

 2 , pi. viii, fio;. 4. 

 Bombus hiBinaturas, Kriechb., var. trifasciatus, ^a?2<^/. Ann. Natur- 

 Mst. Hofmus. Wien, iii (1888), p. 215. 



2 . Head and face not particularly elongate : the front and 

 cheeks with a dense short pile, and on the front tufts of long 

 pubescence ; vertex, space between eyes beneath, and base of 

 mandibles bare, polished and shining ; the thorax and abdomen 

 densely pubescent ; anal segment above bare, finely punctured. 

 Head, a broad transverse band on the thorax, the legs, and the 

 3rd abdominal segment with black pubescence ; the thorax an- 

 teriorly and posteriorly, and the median segment with pale, and 

 the basal two abdominal segments with brighter yellow pubescence; 

 the fine dense pile on the face and cheeks pale ochraceous ; the 

 apical three abdominal segments with rich fulvous-red pubescence ; 

 the apex of the tibiae and the tarsi with ferruginous pile ; wings 

 fusco-hyaline. 



^ similar, smaller ; the transverse black band on the thorax 

 broader. 



Hab. Chusan, China (Smith) ; Sikhim, 12,500 ft., on the pass 

 (Jelap La) into Chumbi. 2 • Length 24-26 ; exj}. 52-54 mm. 

 ^. Length 19; ecvp. 42 mm. 



962. Bombus personatus, S7nith, Nav Sp. Hym. B. M. p. 132, 2 ; 

 Dall. Torr. Cat. x, p. 540. 

 2 . Head and face narrow, elongate ; the vertex, cheeks, and 



