2,56 HUMBLF BEES. 



promote the study of natural history in this country. 

 It is rather a scarce insect, and approaches near to 

 B. subinterruptus ; but, as Kirby remarks, the wings 

 arc darker, the abdomen shorter and wider, with the 

 black band much narrower ; the red hairs of the 

 anus of a deeper colour, and occupying three ^- 

 ments. 



HARRIS' HUMBLE-BEE. 



(BOMBUS HARRISELLUS.) 



PLATE XVIII. Fig. 1. 

 ApisHarrisella, Kirby'sMonog. Ap. ii. 373, PI. 18, fig. 8, fig. 7. 



THIS species differs from all that we have hitherto 

 described, in being wholly deep-black, the mouth 

 alone with a few ferruginous hairs. The wings are 

 slightly tinged with yellowish-brown, becoming some- 

 what obscure at the apex, the nervures blackish. 



Found occasionally in the south of England ; the 

 male more frequently than the female. 



HOMBUS GRANDIS. 

 PLATE XVII. Fig. 2. 



THIS figure represents the largest species of Bombus 

 hitherto discovered, drawn by Mr. Westwood from 

 a specimen in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 

 It has not yet been described, and is known only by 

 a figure in Guerin's Iconographie du Regne Animal, 

 Insectes, PL 75, fig. 3. The whole upper side is 

 a uniform fulvous colour; the region of the eyes, 

 the mouth, and antennae, black ; the whole of the 

 underside is likewise black, and the legs of the same 

 colour ; wings tinged with yellowish-brown ; the 



