[127] HYMENOPTERA I33 



BOMBUS NEARTICUS Handlirsch. 



Bombus nearticus Handlirsch, Ann. Hofmus. Wien., iii, p. 243, ? § cf^, 

 1888. 



Type in Hofmuseum, Vienna. From Juneau, July 25 ; Wrangell 



(H. F. Wickham) . Occurs also In Canada, Idaho and California. 



BOMBUS GELIDUS Cresson. 



Bombus geiidus CviKS^o-^, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 184, $, 1878. 

 Bombus melanopygus Handlirsch {nee Nylander), Ann. Hofmus. Wien, iii, 



p. 231, 1888. — Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., X, p. 533, 1896. 

 Bombus kincaidii Cockerell, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 11, p. 324, 

 ?§c?. 1898. 



Type in collection of the American Entomological Society. 



From Aleutian Islands (Cresson) ; Pribilof Islands (Kincaid). Dr. 

 Henry Skinner has kindly sent me the type of this species for exami- 

 nation, and Professor Cockerell's B. kincaidii proves to be identical 

 with it. 



BOMBUS POLARIS Curtis. 



Bombus polaris Curtis, Ross's 2d Voy., App., p. Ixiii, 9,^^, 1831. — Erich- 

 son, Arch. f. Naturg., i, p. 288, 1836. — Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. 

 Mus., II, p. 397, $, 1854. — Cresson, Proc. Ent. Sec. Phila., 11, p. loi, 

 1863. — MacLachlan, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., xiv, p. 106, 1877. — 

 Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., x, p. 540, 1896. 

 Type in British Museum. From Kodiak, July 20 ; Seldovia, July 



25- 



BOMBUS PLEURALIS Nylander. 



Bombus pleuralis Nylander, Notis. Saellsk faun, et fl. Fenn. Forh., i 

 [Adnot.] p. 231, 9 c?. 1848. — Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., 11, p. 

 96, ?c?, 1863. — Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., x, p. 540, 1896. 



From Popof Island, July 8,9, 11; Kodiak, July 20. Also found in 

 Siberia. 



BOMBUS SYLVICOLA Kirby. 



Bombus sylvicola Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Amer., iv, p. 272, 1837. — Cresson, 

 Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., 11, p. 106, $, 1863.— Cresson, Syn. Hym. North 

 Am., p. 309, 1887. — Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., x, p. 548, 1896. 



Bombus gelidus Cockerell {nee Cresson). 



Type in British Museum. From Kukak Bay, July 4 ; Popof Island, 

 July 9 ; Seldovia, July 21 ; Unalaska, August 27. 



BOMBUS JUXTUS Cresson. 



Bombus juxtus Cresson, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 187, $, 1878. — 



Cresson, Syn. Hym. North Am., p. 308, 1887. 

 Bombus flavifrons Handlirsch {nee Cresson), Ann. Hofmus. Wien, iii, p. 



231, 1888. — Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., x, p. 520, 1891. 

 Bombus parvulus Cockerell. 



