218 Mr. Edward Saunders on Hymenoptera aculeata. 



BOMBUS TERRESTRIS, Linn. 



^3^2. Lagima, Tenerife, 14— 16. iii. 02. Alti- 

 tude 1900 — 2200 feet. "A common species." 



Numerous $ $ and ^ various localities in Tenerife. 

 F. A. Bellamy. March and April 1902. 



All the specimens are entirely black, with only the apex 

 of the abdomen white. A very unusual variety of this 

 species ; the $ armature, however, is like that of normal 

 specimens. 



