HYMENOPTERA. 397 



38. BOMBUS ANTIGUENSIS. 



Apis antiguensis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 318. 16. 

 Bombus antiguensis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 346. 15. 



Hob. Antigua. 



39. BOMBUS MELANURUS. 



Bombus melanurus, St. Farg. Hym. i. 469. 16 J (typesp. in Coll. 



Westw.}. 



Hob. Syria. 



40. BOMBUS ERIOPHORUS. 



Bombus eriophorus, King, Mag. der Gesell. Nat. Fr. zu Berlin 

 (1807), p. 265. 



Hob. The Caucasus. 



41. BOMBUS ALBOCINCTUS. 



Female. Length 10 lines. Black; the pubescence black. 

 Thorax, the collar having a white band, also the first and third 

 segments of the abdomen clothed with white pubescence. 



Hab. Kamtschatka. (In Coll. Linn. Soc. Lond.) 



42. BOMBUS SITKENSIS. 



Bombus Sitkensis, Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 235. 19. 

 Hab. Sitka ; Russian North America. 



43. BOMBUS POLARIS. 



Bombus Polaris, Curtis, Ross's 2nd Voy. App. p. Ixiii. 7. 



Female. Length 10 lines. Black ; clothed with yellow hairs 

 above, with a black band across the thorax, and an indistinct one 

 across the abdomen. 



Hab. Arctic Regions. 



44. BOMBUS KIRBIELLUS. B.M. 



Bombus Kirbiellus, Curtis, Ross's 2nd Voy. App. p. Ixii. 6. pi. A. 

 fig. 2. 



Female. Length 10 lines. Black ; anterior and posterior 

 margins of the thorax, and base and apex of the abdomen clothed 

 with yellowish hairs. 



Hab. Arctic Regions (Boothia Felix). (Coll. W. W. Saunders, 



Esq.) 



