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labium ferruginous; legs black, the hind tibiaj very dark 

 reddish. Wings dark. 



Similar to B. rufipes, but distinguished by the dark black- 

 haired legs. The difference is not absolute, as I he hind legs 

 have many of the long tibial hairs orange-tipped and the hair 

 on the inner side of the basitarsus is wholly dull ferruginous. 

 B. rufipes, var. obscurtpes, Friese, from Java, has dark hair 

 on the legs, but the legs themselves an 3 clear red. 



F. Smith compares B. rufipes with B. eximius, Sra., noting 

 the important colour-differences. The Sumatran specimen 

 now before me also differs structurally, having the third 

 antenna] joint longer and the clypeus and malar space very 

 much longer. In tiie long malar space, the long clypeus, 

 shining on the disk, the bituberculate labrum, &c. it agrees 

 with the other Sumatran forms, from which it differs totally 

 in coloration. 



Bab. Sumatra. British Museum, 92. 182. 



Bombus tunicatus, Smith. 



Baltistan. British Museum, 88, 31. 



In a worker from Simla (F. Smith's collection) and one of 

 those from Baltistan the second abdominal segment is covered 

 with reddish hair, the third with black, after which follows 

 the bright red band. In the other Baltistan example the 

 second and third segments are covered with black, except 

 that the second has a little red at base. The black thoracic 

 band is inclined to be evanescent laterally and in the first 

 Baltistan specimen is reduced to a few hardly noticeable 

 black hairs. 



This species is evidently variable, and I am inclined to 

 think that B. gdgitensis, Cklh, is a variety of it. 



B. terrestiis, var. ftdvocinctus, Friese and Wagner, 190!), 

 from Simla, is evidently B. tunicatus. B. terrestris, var. 

 simlaensis, Friese and Wagner, 1909, is intermediate, at 

 least in colour-pattern, between tunicatus and gilgttensis. 



Gronoceras felina (Gerst.). 



Megacldle felina must be referred to Gronoceras, although 

 the male fiagellum is not wholly characteristic. The abdo- 

 minal spines of the male are quite normal for the genus; 

 the anterior coxse each have two spines, one long and obtuse, 

 the other short and sharp. 



Mayotte, Comoro Is., from Berlin Museum ; Katanga 

 District, Congo Free State (Dr. A. Yale Massey), British 



