216 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



This species was first discovered in this country by Mr. Adam 

 White, who brought two specimens from Shetland : subse- 

 quently a nest was obtained, which was received at a time when 

 all the sexes were found in it ; it contained about ten males, a 

 dozen females, and thirty workers. Not having seen the B. arc- 

 ticus of Dahlbom, a doubt is added to the quotation. 



The name given to this species by Dahlbom cannot be retained, 

 Kirby having used it for a species of this genus brought from 

 the Arctic regions by Captain Parry on his first voyage. 



4. Bombus fragrans. 

 B. hirsutus, ater, supra flavus ; thorace fascia atra. 



Apis fragrans, Pallas, It. i. 474. 75 $ . 



Kirby, Mon. Ap. Avgl. ii. 329. 83 $ . 

 Apis pratorum, Falr.Ent. Syst. ii. 322. 34. 

 Bombus pratorum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 349. 36. 

 Bornbus fragrans, Illig. Mag. v. 165. 10. 



Dahlb. bomb. Scand. p. 46. 26. f. 16. 



St. Farg. Hym. i. 464. 9. 



Drews. # Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. 171. 17. 



Smith, Zool. ii. 545. 3. 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 229. 6. 



Female. Length 8-10 lines. Head : the face has a pale fulvous 

 pubescence, more or less obscure and intermixed with black 

 hairs; the pubescence on the thorax above yellow, more or 

 less inclining to fulvous, and having a band of black pubescence 

 between the wings ; the pubescence on the legs is also black. 

 Abdomen clothed with bright yellow pubescence, having usually 

 more or less of a fulvous tinge towards the base. B.M. 



Worker. Length 5-7 lines. Excepting in size, there is no 

 difference between the workers and females. B.M. 



Male. Length 6-7 lines. Closely resembling the worker, but 

 having the pubescence- on the face and cheeks paler, the an- 

 tennas as long as the thorax, the abdomen narrower and more 

 elongate. B.M. 



This species is rare in the south and south-western counties, 

 but appears to be plentiful in the north. In Yorkshire, parti- 

 cularly in hilly districts, it occurs plentifully ; I have only once 

 met with its nest, which exactly resembles that of B. muscorum, 

 but its communities are much smaller. 



