212 AJPIDJE. 



amining his typical specimen through the kindness of Prof. Westwood, 

 in whose possession are many of the types of Fargeau's and also of 

 Latreille's bees. The species is common in Wales, Ireland, and 

 Scotland ; some of the finest examples have been obtai ned from the latter 

 country. In Yorkshire this bee frequently constructs its nests in old 

 stone-quarries ; but in the south I have usually found them in banks 

 and at the roots of trees. The only instance in which I have 

 observed the sexes of distinct species in coitu has been a male of 

 B. lapidarius copulating with a female of B. virginalis. 



15. Bombus lucoram. 



B. hirsntus, ater ; thorace antice abdominisque fascia flavis, ano 

 albo. Mas supra flavus, thoracis fascia nigra, capite antice flavo, 

 abdominis fasciis obsoletis nigris, ano albo. 



Bombus lucorum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 350 <$ . 



Llliq. May. v. 166 <$ . 



Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. 42 S ■ 



Smith, Zoo!, ii. 546 3 $ ; Bees Great Brit. 225 ; Entomol. iii. 

 286. 

 Apis lucorum, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 960 rf , et Cab. Mt/s. Linn. Soc. 



(type). 



Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 322. 



Kirby, Mem. Apum Anal. ii. 336 $ . 

 Apis terrestris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 060 § > et Cab. Mas. Linn. Soc. 



Scop. Ent, Cam. 306, tig. 815 § . 



Schrank, Lns. Ausfr. 395. 

 Bombus terrestris, Latr. Hist, Nat. des Crust, et Lns. xiv. 64 $ . 



Fabr. Syst. Piez. 343. 



Llliq. Mag. v. 167. 



Zeit. Lns' Lapp. 473. 



St-Farg. Hym. i. 467. 



Bahlb.Bomb. Scand, 34. fig. 5 $ . 



Drews, fy Schiodte, Kriiy. Tidsskr. ii. 118. 



Nyland. Notis. ur Sdllsk. pro Faun, et Flo. Fenn. i. 232. 



Sehenck, Nass. Bien. 149 (nee var.). 

 Apis csespitum, Panz. Faun, Germ. 31. 19 J. 

 Apis virginalis. Kirby, lib. cit. ii. 349 £ (nee J). 

 Bombus virginalis, lllig. May. v. 167. 

 Bombus ericetorum, Curtis, Brit. Ent. xii. fig. 564 rf . 

 Bombus spodagricus, Nyland, lib. cit. i. 233 J $ $ . 



Female. Length 8-9 lines. — Densely clothed with black pubescence, 

 the thorax anteriorly and the second segment of the abdomen with 

 lemon-coloured yellow pubescence, the three apical segments snow- 

 white. B.M. 



Worker. Length 4-6 lines. — Only differs from the female in size. 



B.M. 



Male. Length 4-6 lines. — The face densely clothed with yellow 

 pubescence ; the mandibles fringed with fulvous hairs ; the cheeks 



