554 APiD^. 



pubescent ; apical segment oE tlie latter convex, covered with a 

 dense close pile, mixed with long hairs. Head and thorax with 

 pale ochraeeous i)uhe.scence, thickly sprinkled with long black hairs ; 

 the basal two abdominal segments with pale yellow pubescence, 

 brownish ferruginous along the base of the 2nd segment, 3rd 

 segment with brown, the apical three segments above with golden 

 ferruginous pubescence, darkening to brown on the sides of the 4th 

 and 5th segments : legs obscure rufo-testaceous above, bright 

 testaceous on the tibite and tarsi ; the intermediate trochanters 

 beneath, the tibice and tarsi with shining golden-brown pubescence ; 

 wings more or less fusco-hyaline. 



^ and c? similar, smaller; the pubescence on the head and face 

 more densely set with black hairs, and on the apical segments of 

 the abdomen brighter ferruginous. 



Bab. Drtis, Ivargil, Leh in Ladak ; Sikhim above 7000 feet. 

 5. Length 17-18; exj). 35-37 mm. $. Length 14 mm; exjy. 

 33 mm. 



976. Bombus hsemorrhoidalis, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. n. s. ii, 1852, 

 p. 43, $ d ? ; L>all, Ton: Cat. x, p. 521. 



2 . Face elongate ; clypeus, front above base of antennae, and the 

 vertex smooth and shining, without pubescence, the clypeus and 

 front with a few scattered large punctures, the sides of the face 

 along the inner orbits finely and closely punctured. Black, with 

 black pubescence, on the tarsi slightly rufescent, the pubescence 

 on the basal two abdominal segments bright yellow, on the apical 

 four bright rufo-fulvous ; wings dark fuscous. 



^ smaller, but precisely similar in colouring. 



c? similar ; the bead, thorax, and legs with sooty-black pubes- 

 cence, mixed with pale hairs on the legs ; the apical abdominal 

 segments with paler fulvous-red pubescence than in the female ; 

 tarsi ferruginous. 



Hah. Chusan, China ; Northern India ; Mussooree (Eothney) ; 

 Kumaun (Miss A. Brook). $ . Length 22-25 ; eivj}. 48-50 mm. 

 ^ . Length 12-\.A;exp. 3G mm. d . Length 15-18 ; exp. 38-44 mm. 



977. Bombus simillimus, Smith, Trajis. Ent. Soc. n. s, ii, 1852, p. 48, 

 $ ; iJall. Ton: Cat. x, p. 548. 



2 . Head and face not remarkably elongate ; the vertex, cheeks, 

 space between eyes and mandibles, and clypeus bare, tinely and 

 sparsely punctured : thorax aud abdomen densely pubescent ; the 

 anal segment above bare and finely rugose, with a V-shaped hollow. 

 Black, with black pubescence, the apical three abdominal segments 

 covered with rich orange-red pubescence, the apical three joints of 

 the tarsi testaceous, the inside of the posterior tarsi with short 

 ferruginous-red pubescence, the calcaria deep red; wings dark 

 fusco-hyaline. 



g similar, smaller, wings more hyaline. 



Hah. Northern India (Smith) ; China. $ . Length 24 ; exj). 48 mm. 

 ^ . Length 11 ; ex_p. 23 mm. 



