220 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Var. y. The thorax fringed with yellow pubescence, that on the 

 two basal segments of the abdomen yellow. 



Var. 8. The abdomen entirely covered with obscure flavo-fuscous 



pubescence. 

 Var. e. The abdomen almost entirely fulvous. 



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The male is described of the colour most usually met with, 

 but it is very variable, and interminable shades of variety occur. ^ 



The species occurs in all parts of the kingdom, but is certainly 

 most abundant in the north, where its nests are very commonly 

 met with in hay-fields and pastures ; they have also been taken 

 near London on banks, from which many varieties of the males 

 have been obtained; but no varieties have been observed of the 

 other sexes, nor have any of the ApatJii been found in the nests. 

 The colonies are not very numerous, nor is the species very 

 pugnacious^ their nests may be taken with little danger. 



8. Eombus pratorum. 



B, hirsutus, ater; thorace antice sulphureo-flavo ; abdominis 

 segmento secundo fascia subinterrupta flava. Mas, hirsuto- 

 flavus ; thorace postice nigro marginato; abdomine fascia atra, 

 ano fulvo. 



Apis pratorum, Li77n, Faun. Suec. no. 1711 ; Si/si. Nat. i. %0. 

 43 § , and type in Cab. Linn. Soc. 



Schrankj Ins. Atist. no. 798. 



Kirby, Mon. Ap. AngL ii. 360. 103. 



Apis collaris, Scop. Ent. Cam. no. 818 ? 



Apis subinterrupta, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl ii. 356. 99 ? . 



Apis Donovanella, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 357. 100. 1. 18 (f. 6 ? 

 var ). 



Apis Burrellana, Kirby, Mon, Ap. Angl. ii. 358. 101 ^ . 

 Bombus subinterruptns, Latr. Hist. Nat, xiv. 64. 4. 



Illig. Mag. v. 167. 20. 



Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. p. 35, 7. 



St. Farg. Hym. \. 461. 5. 



Drev\^. Sf Schibdtc, Krby. TidssKr. ii. 111. 7. 

 Bombus Burrellanus, Dahlb. Bo7nb. Scand. p. 43. 22 $ . 

 Bombus pratorum, Illig. Mag. v. 168. 27. 



Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. p. 36. 9 $ . 



Drews. Sf Schiodte, Krby. Tidsskr. ii. p. 111. 7. 



Smith, Zool. ii. 548. 11 <? ? ^ . 



Bombus ephippiura, Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. p. 37. 10. 

 Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 473. 6. 



Bombus Donovanella, Westw. Nat. Libr. xxxviii. p. 255. t. 17- 

 f. 1<?. 



Bombus luUianus, Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 236. 21 g . 



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