216 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



This species was first discovered in this country by Mr. Adam 

 White, who brought two specimens from Shetland: sul)se- 

 quently a nest was obtained, which was received at a time when 

 all the sexes were found in it; it contained about ten males, a 

 dozen females, and thirty workers. Not having seen the B. arc- 

 iicus of Dahlbom, a doubt is added to the quotation. 



The name given to this species by Dahlbom cannot be retained, 

 Kirby having used it for a species of this genus brought from 

 the Arctic regions by Captain Parry on his first vo\af>-e. 



4. Bombus fragi'aiis. 



B, hirsutus, ater, supra flavus; thorace fascia atra. 



Apis fragrans, Pallas, It. i. 474. 75 $ • 



Kirby, Mon. Ap. Aiigl ii. 329. 83 ^ . 

 Apis pratorum, Fabr.EnL Syst. ii. 322. 34. ..t 



Bombus pratorum, Fabr. Syst, Piez, p. 34D. 3G. 

 Bombus fragrans, //%. Mog. v. 165. 10. 



Dahlb, Bomb, Scand. p. 46. 26. f. 16. 



St, Farg, Hym. i. 464. 9. 



Drews, ^ Schibdte, Kr'Oy. Tidssh\ ii. 171. 17. 



Smith, ZooL ii. 545. 3. j 



Nylaad. Ap. Boreal, p. 229. 6. 



Female. Length 8-10 lines.— Head : the face has a pale fulvous 

 pubescence, more or less obscure and intermixed with black- 

 hairs ; the pubescence on the thorax above yellow, more or 

 less inclining to fulvous, and having a band of black pubescence 

 between the wings ; the pubescence on the legs is also black. 

 Abdomen clothed with bright yellow pubescence, having usuallv 

 more or less of a fulvous tinge towards the base. ^ B.M. 



Worker. Length 5-7 lines.— Excepting in size, there is no 

 difference between the workers and females. B.M. 



Male. Length 6-7 lines.— Closely resembling the worker, but 

 having the pubescence on the face and cheeks paler, the an- 

 tennoe as long as the thorax, the abdomen narrower and more 



elongate. 



B.M. 



This species is rare in the south and south-vi'estern counties, 

 but appears to be jjlentiful in the north. In Yorkshire, parti- 

 cularly in hilly districts, it occurs plentifully; I have only once 

 met with its nest, wdiich exactly resembles that of B. mnsccrum, 

 but its communities are much smaller. 



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