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14. Bombus soroensis. 



B. hirsutus, ater; abdominis segmento secundo utrinque obso- 

 lete flavo, ano albo. Mas, pallidus ; ano roseo-albo ; thorace 

 abdomineque singulis fascia atra. 



Apis soroensis, Fair. Ent. Syst. ii. 318. 12 . 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 7. 11. 

 Bombus soroensis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 345. 10. 



Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. p. 43. 22. 



Drews. fy Schiodte, Kroy. TidssJcr. ii. 112. 8. t. 2. f. e $ ,/$ . 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 239. 28. 



Apis neutra, Panz. Faun. Germ. 83. 18; Krit. Revis. ii. 259 . 

 Bombus neutra, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 347. 24. 



St. Farg. Hym. i. 469. 15. 



Apis Cullumana, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 359. 102 $ . 

 Bremus sylvarum, Panz. Faun. Germ. 85. 19. 

 Bombus Cullumanus, Smith, Zool. ii. 548. 11. 

 Bombus Burrellanus, Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. 43. 22 ? (nee Kirby). 



St. Farg. Hym. i. p. 462. 6 $ . 



Drews, fy Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. 112. 8.t. 2. f. 7 e,f (nee 

 Kirby). 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 240 (nee Kirby). 



Female. Length 7-8 lines. The pubescence black, the tip of 

 the abdomen white; the white pubescence is separated from 

 the black by a mixture of reddish-yellow hairs. B.M. 



Var. . The second segment of the abdomen has laterally a little 

 yellow pubescence. 



Var. y. The thorax yellow in front, the second abdominal seg- 

 ment having laterally a tuft of yellow pubescence. 



Var. 6\ The thorax yellow in front ; the abdomen black, apex 

 of the abdomen yellowish-white. 



Var. e. The thorax anteriorly obsoletely yellow, the second ab- 

 dominal segment obsoletely yellow laterally ; the apex yellow- 

 ish-white. 



Worker. Length 5-7 lines. The pubescence black, apex of the 



abdomen yellowish-white. 

 Var. /3. The apex of the abdomen fulvous. 

 Var. y. The thorax in front and the abdomen on each side at 



the base yellow ; apex reddish-yellow. 



Male. Length 5-6 lines. The pubescence pale yellow ; the 

 vertex and cheeks have a black pubescence ; a black fascia be- 

 tween the wings, and the third segment of the abdomen clothed 

 with black pubescence, that on the four apical segments ferru- 

 ginous ; beneath, the pubescence is pale yellow. B.M. 



Var. j3. The yellow fascia on the abdomen subinterrupted. 



