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7. BOMBUS LAPPONICUS, Fabricius. 

 Mountain Humble-bee. 



Queen. Medium-sized; length 16-18 mm., expanse 

 33-3 5 mm. Abdomen short and broad. 



Head black, with more or less pale yellow on top and 

 sometimes on the face. Thorax black with a pale yellow 

 band in front and a much narrower one behind ; in dark 

 specimens the latter band is absent. Abdomen with the 

 first segment black, or in light specimens more or less 

 pale yellow, and with the 2nd and following segments bright 

 red, inclining to pale yellow at the sides of the 4th and 

 5th segments. In dark specimens the black on the 1st 

 segment spreads on to the 2nd segment, shading into the 

 red. Hairs on the hind tibiae black. 



On the abdomen the coat is very long, but even. 



Worker. Length 10-15 mm - 

 Only differs from the queen in size. 



Male. Length 14-15 mm., expanse 26-27 mm. 

 Coloured like the queen. 



On the abdomen the coat is very long, but even. 

 Antennae short ; length of fiagellum 5 mm. 

 Armature like that of B. pratorum and jonellus. 



This beautiful species is local and is found only 

 in mountainous districts, with few exceptions. It 

 has been recorded by Smith from the Black Moun- 

 tain, Brecknockshire ; Snowdon and other mountains 

 in Wales ; Herefordshire ; Monmouthshire ; Halifax 

 Moor, Yorkshire, and Loch Rannoch, Perthshire : 

 and by Saunders from Gloucestershire ; Cannock 

 Chase ; Clwyd Hill ; High Moors, Marston ; Staly- 

 bridge ; Chat Moss ; Keighley, Yorks ; Argyllshire 

 and Aberdeenshire. Other localities are Penmaen- 



