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third rich castaneous ; base black ; clypeus white ; apical margin 

 narrowly castaneous ; sutures at the sides and above narrowly black. 

 Thorax : the wings hyaline ; nervures and tegulse testaceous Legs : 

 apical joints of the tarsi rufo-testaceous ; claws black. Head as 

 wide as the thorax; the vertex broad, depressed; antennae com- 

 paratively long, second joint of the jEiagellum attenate at base, cla- 

 vate at apex, as long as the succeeding three joints; ocelli in 

 equilateral triangle, the distance between the anterior and either 

 of the posterior ocelli greater than either of the posterior ocelli 

 and the eye next to it; eyes large, prominent, their inner orbits 

 parallel. Thorax globose ; mesonotum convex, scut ell um and 

 postscutellum slightly raised, median segment short, vertical at 

 the sides and to the apex. Abdomen subcordate, short, very 

 convex above. 



In some specimens not so densely pubescent as others, the 

 pubescence forms distinct transverse bands on the apical margins 

 of the segments beneath which the surface is rufo-testaceous. 

 Female unknown. 



Length. — & , 12-13; ^^P- 24-27 mm. 



Hab. —^'i^him. : Darjiling, 7,000 ft. 



Nearest to H. radoszhowskii, but differs in sculpture and in 

 colour of pubescence. 



Podalirius quadrifasciatus , Villers. 



Apis quadrifasciata , Villers, Linn. Bnt., iii, 1789, p. 319. 

 Anthophora quadrifasciata, Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym., 1, 

 1897, p. 529. 



Hab. — No locality on label. 



Podalirius pulcherrimus , Bingham. 



Anthophora pulcherrima, Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym,, i, 



1897, P- 532. 



Hab. — Simla, Matiana, above 7,000 ft. 



Bombus hcemorrhoidalis , Smith. 



Bombus hcBmorrhoidalis , Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1852, 

 p. 43 ; Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym., i, 1897, p. 554. 



Hab. — Himalayas: Simla; Subathu ; Dhurrumpur, 5,000 ft. 

 Originally described from China. 



Bombus tunicatus, Smith. 



Bombus tunicatus, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1852, p. 43^ 

 pi. 8, fig. 7 ; Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym., i, 1897, P- 549- 



Hab. — Himalayas : Simla hills, Theog, Matiana, Phagu, 

 8,000 ft. 



Originally described from China. 



