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banded specimens are probably to be found in many 

 places. I took one at Cobham, Surrey, in 191 1. 



The male corresponding to the banded queen 

 has a yellow band on the back as well as on the 

 front of the thorax, and the 1st segment of the 

 abdomen yellow. Queens banded with bright 

 yellow like this male are to be found in the Pyrenees 

 and in Italy. 



A number of impregnated lapidarius queens 

 from England that I was asked to supply were 

 set free near Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1906 

 and 1907, but Dr. Hilgendorf, of the Canter- 

 bury Agricultural College, informs me that up to 

 November 191 1 no specimens have been seen 

 flying ; so the attempted introduction of this species 

 into New Zealand is probably a failure. 



Bombus mastrucatus, Gerst., is an interesting 

 species related to B. lapidarius, occurring in the 

 Alps and Pyrenees at altitudes ranging from 3000 

 to 7000 feet. It is very like B. lapidarius in colour- 

 ing, but it is slightly larger, the coat is long and 

 shaggy, and the mandibles are toothed. In the 

 armature the forceps are shaped much as in lapi- 

 darius, but the wands are like those of B. pratorum. 



