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that of B. muscorum, but it has been observed to prefer open 

 spaces in woods. The hum of the worker is more shrill than 

 that of any other species of the genus ; it closely resembles that 

 of Saropoda bimaculata. The species is found in all parts of the 

 United Kingdom : examples have been received from various 

 parts of Scotland and Ireland. 



6. Bombus lapponicus. 



B. hirsutus, ater ; thorace flavescente, fascia nigra ; abdomine 

 rufo, ano flavescente. 



Apis lapponica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 253. t. 1. f. 3. 



Quenzel, Acerbi's Trav. in Lapl. ii. 253. t. 1. f. 3. 

 Bombus lapponicus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 345. 11. 



Ahrens, Faun. Eur. 10. 18. 



Dahlb. Bomb, Scand. 41. 18. 



Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 474. 10. 



St. Farg. Hym. i. 459. 1. 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 235. 20. 

 Apis flavicollis, Sowerby, Brit. Miscett. i. 39. t. 19 $ . 

 Bombus regelationis, Newm. Ent. Mag. ii. 327 (nee Panz.}. 

 Bombus montanus, Smith, Zool. ii. 549. 13 (nee St. Farg.). 

 Bombus monticola, Smith, Zool. Append, p. 59. 



Female. Length 7-9 lines. The pubescence on the head, 

 thorax, legs, and abdomen beneath, black ; the thorax in front, 

 and the scutellum more or less clothed with yellow pubescence. 

 The basal segment of the abdomen above, and the second more 

 or less at the base in the middle, black ; the following seg- 

 ments clothed with bright fulvous, more or less yellow at the 

 apex. B.M. 



Var. j3. The scutellum entirely black. 



Worker. Length 4-6 lines. Exactly resembles the female in 

 colour, but the abdomen is usually less inclined to yellow* 



B.M. 



Male. Length 5-6 lines. Bears a very close resemblance to 

 the other sexes, but has a yellow pubescence on the clypeus, 

 some yellow hairs intermixed on the vertex, and the thorax be- 

 neath has also a mixture of yellow hairs ; the antennae scarcely 

 as long as the thorax, the mandibles fringed with fuscous pubes- 

 cence. B.M. 



An examination of a series of all the sexes of this bee, and 

 also of specimens from northern Europe, leaves no doubt of its 

 being the B. lapponicus of the Continent. British examples are 



