Review of the American Bombidce. 171 



opon the vertex of head ; hairs under the first article of tarsus 

 reddish, "Wings a little einokj, mostly so at the ends, where 

 they are a little violaceous. 



Length 13 lines, $ . In my cabinet. 



Hdbitat. — Western America. 



5. Bombtis fervidus, Fab. Piez. 48. 



Bombns actif St. Farg. Hist Nat Hymenop, p. 470, VoL L Paris, 1836. 



Head black. Sides of the corselet and back of a dirty yellow ; 

 between the wings a narrow black band, underneath the corse- 

 let black. The shield and four first segments of the abdomen 

 of a dirty yellow (perhaps yellow in the living), the fifth and 

 the anus black ; feet black ; wings smoky, violaceous. 



Length 13 lines . $ In my cabinet 



Hahitat. — Pennsylvania. 



O. Boiubus §onorus, 8ay. 



Say's Entoui. Le Conte, p. VSY, VoL XL New York, 1860. Bailliere Bro. 



Body yellow, head black, thorax with a broad black band in 

 the middle ; wings violaceous black ; tergum with the first, 

 second, and third segments yellow, the others black, beneath 

 black. 



Length four-fifths of an inch i . 



Hahitat. — Mexico. 



7. Bombus ephippiatus, Say. 



Say's Entom. Le Conte, p. 788, Vol. 11. N. Y. I860, Bailliere Bro. 



Body black ; pleura pale yellow ; wings dusky, tinged with 

 violaceous; tergum pale yellow towards the base, this color being 

 gradually narrowed behind and terminating on the third seg- 



