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men, the apex being red. In some examples little .emains of the 

 black pubescence except an obscure band bet«'eeu the wings, the 

 abdomen being pale fulvous at the base, and gradually becoming 

 brighter in colour to the red apex ; many intermediate shades occur. 



8. B. Pratorum, Illig. Mag. v. 168, 27, ^ . Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. 



36, 9. Drews. 8s Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. Ill, 7, 5, <^, ^ . 



Smith, Mon. Bees Great Brit. 220, 8. Nyl. Ap. Bor. 237, 23. 

 Apis Pratorum, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1711. ^ . Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angh 



ii. 356, 99. 

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

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

 Bombus subinterruptus, Illig. Mag. v. 167, 20, $. Dahlb. Bomb. 



Scand. 43, 22. St. Farg. Hym. i. 461, 5. Drews, d Schiodte, 



Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. Ill, 7. 

 Bombus Burrellanus, Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. 43, 23. 

 Bombus Ephippium, Dahlb. Bomb. Scand. 37, 10, $. Zett. Ins. 



Lapp. 437, 6. 

 Bombus lullianus, Nyl. Ap. Bor. 236, 21, $. 



The typical specimen of the Apis Pratorum of Linneus is in the 

 Linnean Cabinet : the nests of the species being not at all difficult to 

 obtain renders the propriety of uniting the sexes, which have at 

 different times been described as distinct species, a matter of certainty. 

 The Apathus Barbutelliis is parasitic on this species ; Mr. Walcott 

 and Mr. Grant have both reared that parasite from its nest. The 

 B. Ephippium of Dahlbom is a variety of the female in which the 

 yellow colouring on the scutellum and abdomen is obsolete. 



9. B. Cullumanus, Smith, Zool. ii. 548, 11, ^ ; Mon. Bees Great Brit. 



227 (var. B. soroensis, $). 

 Apis Cullumanus, Kirby, Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 359, 102, $. 

 Apis Donovanella, Kirby. Mon. Ap. Angl. ii. 357, 100, t. 18, L Q, ? . 

 Bombus Donovanella, Westw. Nat. Libr. xxxviii. 255, t. 17, f. 1, $. 

 Although both the male and female of this species closely resemble 

 those of B. Pratorum, I know the male to be certainly distinct ; a 

 comparison of the organs of generation decides this beyond a doubt. 

 I do not feel equally certain that the A. Donovanella is the true female, 

 but I possess examples of that bee, taken at the same time and place 

 with the male. I am also borne out in this, to some extent, by 

 examples sent to me for examination by Mr. Walcott ; of three sent 

 for this purpose, one was taken by Mr. Dale some years ago, a second 



