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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[Feb., '03 



looked back up the valley our former camp was white with 

 snow. A roaring campfire soon made all within its reach a 

 scene of comfort, and when Old Sol came over the mountains 

 and peeped into our valley, cold, damp, discomfort, restless- 

 ness and snow disappeared at his magic touch. That, how- 

 ever, is another story and another day. 



Bombus Gelidus Cress, Bombus Kincaidii Ckll. 



By H. Iv. ViKRKCK. 

 By request of Prof. Cockerell, I have compared the types of 

 the above and a $ gelidus determined by Prof. Cockerell. 

 Believing them to be distinct, I submit the following tabular 

 arrangement of the different characters : 



, gelidus. 



9 



Flagellum more slender, first 

 joint one-third its length longer 

 than the second. 



Pale pubescence present on ver- 

 tex. 



kincaidii. 



? 



Flagellum thicker, first joint one- 

 fourth its length longer than the 

 second. 



Pale, pubescence absent on ver- 

 tex. 



Segments 1-2-3 of abdomen en-, 

 tirely covered with pale pubesence, 

 the hair on the remaining segments 

 almost black. 



Flagellum thicker, first joint a 

 little longer than the second, but 

 not distinctly. Abdomen almost en- 

 tirely covered with pale hairs, some 

 black hairs mixed with the pale 

 ones on the apical half. 



First abdominal segment with 

 pale pubescence, second and third 

 segments each with two patches of 

 brown pubescence, which almost 

 form a transverse band, some black 

 hairs to the sides and the front of 

 these patches, fourth segment with 

 pale hair, interrupted in the middle 

 by a patch of black hairs ; apex of 

 abdomen with dark, almost black 

 hairs. 



Flagellum more slender, first 

 joint distinctly longer than the sec- 

 ond, about one-fourth its length. 

 First segment of abdomen with 

 pale hairs, second and third seg- 

 ments with brownish hairs, the rest 

 of the abdomen with pale hairs 

 mixed with black, except laterally 

 where they are pale. 



