BOMBUS. 551 



with snow-white, the basal two abdominal segments with pale 

 ochraceous pubescence ; legs black, with fuscous pubescence, the 

 tibiiJB and tarsi dark rut'o-testaceous ; wings light fuscous, paler 

 towards their apical margins. 



(S similar, the antenna} aud legs only longer proportionately. 

 Hah. Margherita, Assam. g. Length 10; exp. 34 mm. J. 

 Length 18 ; e.r^j. 38 mm. 



*968. Bombus andamanus, Grib. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii (1882), 



p. 208, 2'- 5 ? ; J^ail- Torr. Cat. x, p. olO. 



g or $ . " Black, the posterior two tarsi red ; clypeus slightly 

 broader than high, cheeks trapezoidal in outline, narrower than 

 the eyes ; head and thorax with black pubescence mixed with 

 3'ellowish hairs, chiefly on the front and on the mesopleurae, tibiye 

 and tarsi with reddish pubescence ; abdomen, the 1st segment 

 covered with dense yellow, and a little black pubescence on either 

 side of the disc ; 2nd segment clothed broadly with fulvous and a 

 basal fascia of jet-black pubescence angularly produced in the 

 middle ; 3rd segment covered entirely with fulvous, aud apical 

 three segments with black pubescence ; beneath, the abdomen has 

 yellow pubescence ; wings subfuscous. 



'• 9 or 2 . Length 17 mm." 



Hub. The Andamans {Gribodo). 



969. Bombus atrocinctns, Smith, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii, p. 193, (S, 



pi. xxi, fig. 13; Dull. Torr. Cat. x, p. 512. 



2 or 5^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen densely pubescent ; the 

 vertex of the head, and the space between the 

 orbits of the eyes beneath and the base of the 

 mandibles non-pubescent, highly polished and 

 shining. Clypeus aud head in front with pale 

 ochraceous pubescence mixed with long black 

 hairs ; thorax and basal two abdominal segments 

 with brightfawn-coloured pubescence of a deeper 

 fulvous tint on the thorax ; legs with black 



Yi<T 18.3. Bombus pubescence mixed with pale hairs above, and 



atrocincius, $ . V- ferruginous on the tarsi ; 3rd and 4th abdominal 

 segments with black, apical two with hoary 

 whitish pubescence ; wings hyaline, broadly fuseescent along the 

 apical margins. 



(5 similar, the wings slightly darker, the apical three abdominal 

 segments with griseous pubescence, the pubescence on the tarsi 

 entirely ferruginous. 



Uab. Kumaun ; Sikhim. $ or ^ . Length 14 ; exp. 34 mm. 

 S . Length 13 ; exp. 35 mm. 



970. Bombus funerarius, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. n. s. ii, 18o2, p. 47, 



pi. viii, fig-. 0; Ball. Torr. Cat. x. p. ^^l. 



2 . Head and face elongate, sparsely pubescent ; the vertex, 



