552 AviDJs.. 



cheeks, space between eyes and base of mandibles, and the clypeus 



bare, highly polished and shining ; thorax 



and abdomen densely pubescent ; anal 



segment of latter above concave and bare, 



with a medial longitudinal carina. Head, 



thorax, the whole of the 1st, base narrowly 



of the 2nd, and the apical three abdominal 



segments covered with silvery grey 



pubescence, looking brighter or duller in 



different lights, and forming a Avell-marked 



abbreviated medial longitudinal silvery 



Fig. \8().—Bombiis ^^^^6 on the mesonotum ; the pubescence 



funerarius, $ . }. on the upper portion of the legs, on the 



2nd abdominal segment posteriorly, and on 



the whole of the <^rd segment jet-black ; the tarsi and the extreme 



apex of the abdomen bright ferruginous ; wiugs light fuscous with 



a purple effulgence. 



Var. The apical three abdominal segments with bright orange- 

 red, not grey pubescence. 



Hah. Northern India (Smith) ; Sikhim, 8000 feet. $ . Length 

 25 ; e.v2^. 50 mm. ^ and J unknown. 



The variety with the apical three segments orange-red was the 

 only one I procured in Sikhim. 



971. Bombus terminalis, S>nM, Trans. Zool. Soc vii, p. 193, c5' (nee 



Smith, Trans Ent. Soc. 1873, p. 206). 

 Bombus hvpnorum, var. terminalis, Handl. Ann. Naturhist.Hofmns. 

 Wien, iii (1888), p. 217 ; Dull. Ton-. Cat. x,p. 526. 



$ 5 . Clypeus, space between the orbits of the eyes beneath 

 and the mandibles, and the vertex of the head non-pubescent, 

 highly polished and shining ; clypeus convex, with a few coarse 

 punctures : labrum slightly exserted beneath the clypeus ; head, 

 thorax, and abdomen densely pubescent. Head in front, the 

 occiput, the upper part of the legs, the sides of the thorax and of 

 the median segment, and the basal four abdominal segments 

 covered with black pubescence, the thorax and median segment 

 above M'ith long rich fulvous-red pubescence, the pubescence on 

 all the tarsi and also on the intermediate tibiae towards the apex 

 ferruginous ; apical two abdominal segments with dense greyish 

 pubescence ; wings f usco-hyaline, with a slight but brilliant purple 

 effulgence. 



(S similar; the clypeus with fulvous-white pubescence, the apical 

 three abdominal segments with greyish pubescence ; wings paler. 



Hah. The Himalayas from Simla to Sikhim. $ . Length 18 ; exp. 

 42 mm. g . Length 15 : e.rp. 34 mm. S • Length 16 ; exp. 40 mm. 



972. Bombus flavothoracicus, n. sp. 



2 . Head and face not elongate : the clypeus, vertex, cheeks, 

 and space between eyes and base of mandibles bare and shining ; 

 the clypeus convex, the vertex punctured, the thorax and abdomen 

 densely pubescent, the anal segment bare, not carinate. Black ; 



