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principally constructed of blades of grass and small leaves of 

 various plants, &c. 



B. pratorum, (L.) Woolley (F. Smith MS.) Near 

 Wakefield in July 1852 (F. Smith, Zool. x. 3626). 



B. lapidarius, (L.) Recorded by Mr. A. H. Davis in 

 1835 as found near Halifax, under the name of ^. regelaiionis, Pz. 

 (Curtis, B. Ent. xii. 564). Near Wakefield in July 1852 (F. Smith, 

 Zool. X. 3626). Woolley (Smith MS.) Mr. Smith remarks that 

 in Yorkshire it frequently constructs its nest in old stone-quarries 

 (B. B., 2nd ed., 1876, p. 212). Abundant about Leeds ! Harro- 

 gate ! Knaresbro' ! Bramham ! Bishop Wood ! Grassington ! 

 Goole ! &c. 



B. lucorum, (L.) In speaking of the preponderance in 

 Yorkshire of social hymenoptera over solitary, as observed near 

 Wakefield in July 1852^ F. Smith says : some of the common 

 species of Bombus abound in immense profusion, particularly 

 B. lucoru7n (Zool. x. 3626). Abundant about Leeds ! Pannal ! 

 &c. At Woodsome, near Huddersfield, many thousands of dead 

 ones were picked up under a lime tree, no doubt destroyed by 

 birds ! (See Mr. James Varley's interesting note in the 'Naturalist' 

 for October 1877, iii. 40). 



B. virginal is, (^A7y'.J = /^/'r(?5-/w, Auct. Near Wakefi.eld in 

 July 1852 (F. Smith, Zool. x. 3626). Woolley (Smith, MS.) Leeds I 

 Pannal ! &c. 



B. hortorum, (L.) Near Wakefield in July 1852 (F. 

 Smith, Zool. x. 3626). Woolley (Smith MS.) Abundant about 

 Leeds ! Harrogate ! Pannal ! Knaresbro' ! Harewood ! Bram- 

 ham ! Parlington ! Horsforth ! Malham ! &c. 



B. soroensis, (Fab.) A single male example taken at 

 Westow, Yorkshire, recorded as B. col/fnus, Sm. (Smith, List of 

 B. Hym. AcuL, 1851, p. 104 ; Ent. Ann. 1855, p. 95 ; B. B., 1855, 

 p. 224). " This species was first taken in this country by the Rev. 

 Mr. Rudd, at Yarm, in Yorkshire" (Smith, B. B., 2nd edition, 

 1876, p. 216). 



