8 fö III -m if n f^ \i 4^ m i~ m -f i m -fc 



of indica possess the same structLiies. The liair band in question is yellowish 

 in color and narrow in shape and is foinul on the basal !nar<,fiii of the black rccjion 

 of each sej^ment. 



Now we have in total 4 hair bands distributed respectively on the segments 

 from the 3rd to 6th ; it is these white hair bands by which a ringed appearance 

 of the abdomen is distinctly expressed, especially when the abdomen is distended 

 by some causes. 



As the third lot of hairing I am going to describe the hairs of the remaining 

 parts of the bod)-. The hairs of the thorax are brownish gray on the backside, 

 becoming whitish on its \entral side and on the legs- From the coxa to the 

 tiliia whitish hiirs are present ; the tarsus is provided witii brownish hairs. 



As to the hairi:ig of the qaccn the caput is provided with long brownish 

 black hairs, but on the face short black hairs are seen ; on the dorsal and 

 ventral sides of the thorax as \\ell as on the legs brownish hairs are present ; the 

 abdomen is grown with brownish finest pubescence. 



The dfonc ; the face is pro\idcd with black, the thorax with brownish 

 black, the distal end of the thorax and the basal margin of the abdomen with 

 grayish \vhite hairs ; the abdomen is grown with whitish Iiairs ventrally and 

 with long brownish hairs distally. The co.xa, trochanter and femur of the 

 foreand midtile legs are proviiled with whitish hairs, the tibia and tarsus being 

 furnished with brownish long hairs; the hind legs lack hairs from femur to the tip. 



3. Wings 



The wings are in the three forms h\-aline ; in the queen they are often 

 more or less liarker in color. The \\ings of drones are irridescent. 



The criterion gi\en b\- Ki;i.scnE\-N[KOW (1900) of the \-enation on itid.ca, 

 that consists in the prolongation of the radial and cubital \'eins beyond the medial 

 cell in the hind wings, is also \-alid of the hind wings of all over the worker, 

 queen and tlrone bees (Figs. 3. 4. 5)' 



Hooklets of the hind wings of the Japanese bee show greatly numerical 

 divergence. The following table (Table II, a, b, c) are intended to show the 

 number of these hooklets in the workers, queens and drones of the Japanese 

 bees from several localities. 



