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side it 13 short and fuscous, on tlic! tarsi above it is fulvous, and 

 bcneatli ferruginous ; wings subhyalino, with a slight fuscous cloud 

 at their apex, (he nervures fusco-ferruginous. The basal segment 

 of the abdomen witli pale ochraceous pul)esconoo ; the second witli 

 fulvous at the base and pale beyond ; the rest of the segments with 

 pale pubescence, and each with a little black at their biisal margins; 

 tlie extreme apex witli short fulvous pubesceuco ; beneath, the seg- 

 ments are fringed with pale pubescence. 



Hub. Japan. 



This species closely resembles the European B. sylvarum. 



4. Bombus buccinatoris. 



Female. Length 8 lines. — Black. The head oblong, and, as well as 

 the thorax and legs, clothed with black pubescence ; the meta- 

 thorax and two basal segments of the abdomen with bright yellow 

 pubescence, on the two following it is black, on the two apical 

 segments it is bright ferruginous ; wings dark brown, with violet 

 ii'idescence. 



Hab. Northern India, Kanawar district. 



5. Bombus personatus. 



Female. Length 10 lines. Black ; head elongate, as in B. liortorum. 

 The pubescence on the cheeks and vertex black, tTie latter mixed 

 with pale hairs. The thorax above with a band of black pubescence 

 between the wdngs, before and behind which it is pale fulvo -ochra- 

 ceous, as well as on the two basal segments of the abdomen ; the 

 following segments have black pubescence at their base, and have a 

 fringe of pale pubescence on their apical margins. The legs with 

 black pubescence, excexrt that on the basal joint of the tarsi beneath, 

 which is ferruginous ; wings subhyalino, the nervures fusco-ferru- 

 ginous. 



Hah. India, Kanawar. 



6. Bombus bicoloratus. 



Female. Length 12 lines. — Black; the head, thorax, and legs with] 

 black pubescence ; the first joint of the tarsi with ferruginous 

 pubescence beneath. Wings fulvo-hyaline, their apical margins 

 clouded beyond the third submarginal cell ; the nervures ferrugi- 

 nous, the costal nervure black. The abdomen densely clothed with 

 ferruginous pubescence ; beneath, the segments are fringed with 

 the same. 



Hah. Island of Formosa. 



