236 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Apis Rossiella, Kirby, 1. c. ii. 331. 85. 1. 18. f. 1 $ . 

 Apis Francisana, Kirby, L c. ii. 334. 87 #. 

 Apis Leeana, Kirby, 1. c. ii. 333. 86 $ . 

 Apis subterranea, Kirby, I. c. ii. 371. 109 3 . 

 Bombiis campestris, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 344. 7 ? 



Illig. Mag. v. 173. 78. 



Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. p. 51. 34. 

 Bombus Francisanus, Illig. Mag. v. 165. 14^. 

 Bombus Rossiellus, Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. 40. 15 <J . 

 Psithyrus Rossiellus, Drews. Sf Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. 123. 1. 



t.ii.f.0<J. 

 Psithyrus campestris, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 433. 4 <j> . 



Drews. Sf Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. 123. 2. 

 Psithyrus Francisanus, Drews. 8{ Schiodte, Kroy. Tidskr. ii. 125. 



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Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 241. 2. 



Apathus campestris, Smithy Zoo/, ii. 543. 2 $ $ ; (7atf. UrzY. /fym. 

 p. 98. 3. 



Female. Length 8-9 lines. The pubescence black ; the thorax 

 in front and the scutellum clothed with yellow pubescence ; the 

 three basal segments of the abdomen nearly naked in the mid- 

 dle, smooth and shining, having a thin black pubescence, most 

 dense at the sides ; the third, fourth and fifth segments clothed 

 with yellow pubescence, more or less interrupted in the middle ; 

 the wings fusco-hyaline, slightly clouded at their apex. B.M. 



Var. /3. The pubescence on the scutellum black. 



Var. y. The pubescence entirely black, having only a few fuscous 

 hairs at the apex of the abdomen. 



Male. Length 6-8 lines. The pubescence golden-yellow ; 

 that on the face, cheeks, thorax beneath, and on the legs, black ; 

 the thorax has a black band between the wings, widest in the 

 middle of the disk ; the second segment of the abdomen clothed 

 with black pubescence ; the apical segment fringed with fus- 

 cous or black pubescence. (A. Rossiella, Kirby.) B.M. 



Var. j3. The thorax in front yellow, the scutellum obscurely so ; 

 the two basal segments of the abdomen have black pubescence, 

 the third and three following have yellow, and the apical seg- 

 ment black pubescence. (A. Leeana, Kirby.) 



Var. y. The pubescence entirely black, except the third, fourth 

 and fifth segments laterally, which have a deep yellow pubes- 

 cence; sometimes only on the fourth and fifth segments. (A. 

 Francisana, Kirby.) 



Var. 8. The pubescence entirely black, the apex alone being 

 slightly fuscous. (A. subterranea, Kirby. ) 



Var. e. The thorax in front, the scutellum, and basal segment of 

 the abdomen, the third segment laterally, and the fourth and 



