Insects, 7077 



was discovered by my fellow assistant at the British Museum, Mr. 

 Adam White, in Shetland, in 1851. 



4. B. fragrans, Illig. Mag. v. 146, 10. Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. 46. 



St. Farg. Hym. i. 464. Drews, d- Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsskr. 

 xi. 171. Smith, Bees Great Brit. 216. Nyl. Ap. Bor. 229, 



$, ?, ^' 

 Apis fragrans, Kirhy,\\. 329, 83, ^. 



There is not the slightest difference between British and Danish 

 specimens of this species. It does not appear to vary in colouring. 



5. B. Sylvarum, Illig. Mag. v. 163, 9. Fahr. S?jst. Piez. 348. Dahlh. 



Bomb. Scand. 44. St. Farg. i. 463. Drews. <£• Schiodte, 109. 



Smith, Mon. Bees Great Brit. 217. Nyl. Ap. Bor. 236. 

 Apis Sylvarum, Linn. Faun. Suec. 425, 1713. 



The colouring of this species appears to undergo no change in the 

 different localities where it is found ; it occurs in France, Germany, 

 Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Lapland. 



6. B. lapponicus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 345. Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. 41. 



Zett. Ins. Lapp. 474. St. Farg. Hym. i. 459. Smith, Mon. 

 Bees Great Brit. 218. Nyl. Ap. Bor. 235. 

 B. Regelationis, Newm. Eni. Mag. ii. 327 (nee Panz). 



Examples of this species from Lapland, which I have received from 

 Dr. Nylander, are much more highly coloured than British specimens. 

 The abdomen is of an intense fulvous-red, the apex of the abdomen, 

 as well as the scutellum and collar, being bright yellow. Mr. New- 

 man first discovered this species in Wales, on the Black Mountain, 

 Llantony Abbey, Brecknockshire. It has since been taken plentifully 

 in Perthshire, on the Grampians. 



7. B. Derhamellus, Illig. Mag. v. 169, 29, $, ^. Dahlb. Bomb. 



Scand. 33, 4. Drews, d- Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. 115, 9. 



Smith, Mon. Bees Great Brit. 219, 7, $, ^. Nyl. Ap. Bor. 



238, 26. 

 Apis Derhamellus, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 363, 105, $. 

 Apis Raiellus, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. 367, 107, $. 



The males of this species are subject to great variation in the 

 colouring of the pubescence ; it is sometimes black, with the apex of 

 the abdomen red ; or black, with somewhat obscure gray pubescence 

 on the thorax in front and behind, as well as at the base of the abdo- 



