390 Messrs. T. D. A. Cockerell and W. Porter on 



but in the large collection of Bomhus brought by Prof. Towns- 

 end from the White Mts. it is represented by only a single 

 specimen. 



Bomhus rufocinctus, Cresson, 1863. 



Beulah, Aug. 25, S {W. Porter) ^ hill near Beulah, 

 Aug. 23, cJ {W. Porter). These are assigned to rufocinctus, 

 but some black hairs are mixed with the yellow on the apical 

 portion of the abdomen, though they are not noticed without 

 a lens. 



Bomhus ternarius, Say, 1838. 



Eio Ruidoso, 6700-8200 feet, July 29-Aug. 12, at flowers 

 of RudbecIcHi laciniata, Verhascum thapsus, Mentzelia Rushyi^ 

 Monarda stri'cfa, Vici'a near puIcheUa, and Solidago trinervata 

 {Townsend) ; Beulah, May 30, at Iris missouriensis and wild 

 plum {W. Porter); Beulah, Aug. 10-18 ( Ii: Porter) ; Har- 

 vey's Ranch, 9600 feet, Aug. 22 (TF. Porter) ; Aztec {C. E. 

 Mead) ; Mescalero [Otis), This species is not so abundant 

 as B.juxtus. 



Botnhusjuxtus, Cresson, 1878. 



Beulah, ]\Iay 30, at Iris missouriensis and wild plum 

 {W.Porter); Beulah, Aug. 16-23 (IF. Porter); Harvey's 

 Ranch, 9600 feet, Aug. 22 [Porter ^- Ckil); South Fork, 

 Eagle Creek, White Mts., 8U00-8900 feet, Aug. 18-19, at 

 Sicyos parvijlorus and Brittonastnim pallidum [Toivnsend) ; 

 Rio Ruidoso, 6500-8^00 feet, July and August, at Ver- 

 lascum thaj)sus^ I*runella vulgaris, Vicia near jjulchella, 

 Monarda stricta, Mentzelia Eushyi, Solidago trinervata, and 

 Verbena striata {Pownsend) ; South Fork, Eagle Creek, 

 Aug. 18, at Allium cernuum [Toivvsend) ] Ruidoso Creek, 

 Aug., at Geranium Rtchardsoni [E. 0. Wooton) ; East of 

 Santa Fe, 7400 feet, at Senecio (Ckll.) ; Sta. F^ Canon, 

 7600 feet, at Cnicus (Ckll.) ; Monument Rock, Sta. Fd 

 Canon, at Monarda and Eudheckia [Ckll.). A very abundant 

 species at 8000-9000 feet. 



Bomhus scutellaris, Cresson, 1863, var. 



^ . — Length about 16 millim., of anterior wing 14 millim. 



Pubescence of head black, of thorax yellow with a very 

 broad black band between the wings, and the lower part of 

 pleura and sides of metathorax black ; pubescence of legs 

 short and black, of abdomen yellow on tlie first two dorsal 

 segments, black on the rest ; tegulaj shining black ; wings 

 dark fuliginous; third submarginal cell very broad above, 



