the Apidse ui the British Museum. 46^ 



Unfortunately tlieie are also instances in whicli specimens 

 distinctly labelled with the word "type" liave been over- 

 looked, and consequently inaccurate data supplied to 

 Dr. Franklin. 



Species North of Mexico. 



Bo7)ihii.<i poIaris, Curtis (18.31). The type ^ is in the 

 British ]\luspuni labelled " B. poIaris^i'urUn. 1 ype from 

 Curtis/' in Frederick Smith's handwriting. 



Bomhvs arcticus, Kirby (1821). T3'pe ? in British Mu- 

 seum, labelled " arcticus'''' in Kirdy's handwriting. 



Bomhus frigidv.8, Smith (1854). The ? type of this species 

 is clearly labelled as such, with the word " type." 

 Kirby's misidentiiied B. derhomellus cannot be traced. 



Species South of the United States. 



Bomhus trinominatus, Dalla Torre (1890) = -S. modestus. 

 Smith (1861) (nee Cresson, nee Eversman). Smith's 

 type is in the British Museum. 



Bomhus formosus, ^m'lih {lS5i) =B. pulcher, Ciess. (18G3). 

 This species is erroneously recorded from "India" in 

 Catal. Brit. Mus., but this locality is changed by Smith 

 himself in the British Museum copy to " Mexico, 

 Oajaca." The type-specimen from this locality is 

 marked as " type'' by Smith, and there can be no doubt 

 that B. pulcher. Cress., is synonymous. 



Bomhus n'lgrodorsalis, Franklin (1907) =5. hiboriosus, Smith 

 (nee Fabr.). Smith's type ? is in the British Museum, 

 and agrees in every respect with specimens of B. niciro- 

 dor sal is uaxned by Dr. Franklin hiujself. Fratd<lin tells 

 me {in litt.) that he now considers niyrodorsaJis and 

 montezumce, Ckll., to be colour-variants of the same 

 species. 



Bomhus thoracicus, Sichel (1862) =J5. hellicosus. Smith (1879) 

 = B. emificB, Delia 'J'orre (1890). Smith's species was 

 quite naturally a source of difficulty to Dr. Franklin, 

 owing to its locality being given as " Sumatra or India." 

 The type-specimen bears no locality-details on the label, 



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