BOMBUS. 553 



the pubescence on the head, upper part of the legs, and 2nd and 3rd 

 abdominal segments black, on the head mixed with a little griseous 

 pubescence ; the thorax (except the disc of the mesonotum 

 probably through abrasion) covered with pale ochraceous, the basal 

 abdominal segment with pale sulphur-yellow, and the apical three 

 segments with hoary white pubescence ; the extreme apex of the 

 anal segment with a thick short fulvous-red pile; the antennae 

 piceous ; the tarsi with a thin ferruginous pile ; wings light fuscous 

 nervures and tegulae black, 



■? ^ similar, smaller ; the thorax in front of a line between the 

 tegulae of the ^^•ings and the basal two abdominal segments with 

 bright yellow, the head, the posterior half of the thorax, the legs, and 

 the 3rd and 4th abdominal segments with black pubescence, the 

 pubescence on the head mixed with greyish, that on the apical two 

 abdominal segments hoary white; wdngs paler than in the female. 



Hah. Sikhim, above 10,000 feet. $ . Length 24-26 ; exp. 49- 

 51 mm. ^ . Length 14-16 ; exp. 36 mm. 



1 am not certain whether I have correctly identified the ^ . 

 This fine humble-bee was common on the high mountain behind our 

 frontier station of Gnatong (12,500 feet), in Native Sikhim, in May. 



973. Bombus festivus, Smith, Jour. Ent. \, 18G1, p. 152, $ ; Ball. 



Torr. Cat. x, p. 520. 

 JBombus uioUeri, Binyh. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. x, 189G, p. 197. 



2 . Clypeus and front smooth, shining, with a few scattered 

 large punctures ; clj^peus bare, front of the head thinly, the rest of 

 the head, the thorax, and abdomen densely pubescent. Black, with 

 black pubescence, the thorax and the apical two abdominal 

 segments with hoary white pubescence ; antennae and legs piceons, 

 turning to dark testaceous on the inner side of the posterior tibia? 

 and tarsi ; the anterior and posterior tibiae and tarsi and the 

 intermediate tarsi somewhat rufescent ; wings light fuscous, 

 nervures and tegulse brown. 



Hah. KvLmaun ; Sikhim above 6000 feet. $. Length 25-27; 

 exp. 50 mm. 



974. Bombus miniatus, n. sp. 



(5 . Somewhat resembling B.Jlauesce)is(ip. 550), but the head and 

 face broader, not elongated, the legs black, with ferruginous golden 

 pubescence; the head, thorax, and basal two abdominal segments 

 with long dense dark greenish-yellow', the apical four segments 

 above with rich vermilion-red pubescence, the Mings similar to 

 those of B. flavescens. 



Hub. Sikhim, over 10,000 feet. cJ . Length 16; exp. 38 mm. 

 $ and 5 unknown. Type in coll. British Museum. 



975. Bombus vallestris. Smith, 2nd Yark. Miss., ILjm. p. 8, $ cj" ; 



Uall. Turr. Cat. x, p. 5G0. 

 2 . Head and face subrotundate ; the vertex, the space between 

 the eyes and the base of the mandibles, and the clypeus bare, 

 impunctate, highly polished ; thorax and abdomen densely 



