282 Descriptions and Records of Bees. 



Prosopis eleqans, Sm. — Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Nov. 27, 



1911 {Hacker). 



P. chrysognatha, Ckll. — Stradbroke Island, Oct. 2, 1911 

 {Hackee-) . 



P. aureomaculata, Ckll, — Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Jan. 15, 



1912 {Hacker). 



P. aureomaculata subnuhilosa (Ckll.). — Stradbroke Island, 

 Oct. 2, 1911 {Hacker). 



Allodape simillima, Sm. — Brisbane, Sept. 4, 1911 {Hacker). 



Bombus trifasciattis, Smith. 



In the course of some work on Asiatic Bombi I came to 

 seriously doubt the identity of Bingham^'s Indian '' ti-i- 

 fasciatus " with the genuine species of that name described 

 by Smith from China. Mr. Meade-Waldo has kindly 

 examined the specimens in the British Museum, with the 

 result of abundantly confirming my doubts. His report is 

 as follows: — "We have two specimens labelled 'Bombus 

 trifasciatus, Sm.,^ by Bingham among his Sikkini material. 

 The exact locality was ' Lintu, Sikldm, 12,500 ft.' We 

 have also got a specimen in very poor condition, but agreeing 

 with them in every respect, from some other source, but 

 with locality ' Sikkim,' from coll. Schlagintweit. I have 

 compared these specimens with true Chinese trifasciatus 

 (Smith's type) — all Smith's series is ' Shanghai.' 1 find 

 that the fourth antennal joint of Smith's type is very short, 

 broader than long, whereas the corresponding joint in the 

 Sikkim insects is certainly longer than broad. They have a 

 very different appearance as well. The Chinese insect has a 

 much more tidy appearance, the pubescence is shorter and 

 more velvety; in Sikkim specimens it is long and irregular. 

 The colour, too, is different ; the black band on Sikkim 

 specimens is much reduced. I do not notice much or any 

 difference in the malar space of the two forms." {Litt., Dec. 6, 

 1912.) 



I possess a Chinese co-type of B. trifasciatus from 

 F. Smith's collection; it has the characters indicated by 

 Mr. Meade-Waldo. I also possess a specimen, labelled 

 " Sikkim [Bingham)," from the Berlin Museum, and it is 

 evidently Bingham's so-called trifasciatus. So far as I can 

 at present determine, it has the characters of B. pyropygus, 



