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Greece and Sicily, which has the corbicula pale fulvous. Although 

 the female does not appear to be subject to vary, the male does so 

 very considerably ; from the normal colouring of the species — black, 

 with a yellow band on the collar and base of the abdomen, with its tip 

 white — it varies to a form nearly entirely yellow, with a faint dark 

 band between the wings, and one or two on the abdomen. 



15. B. lapidarius, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xiv. 64, 2, $. IlUff. Mag. v. 



169, 30. Fabr. Syst. Piez. 347, 25. Dahlb. Bomh. Scand. 



30, 1. Drews. <& Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. 116, 11. Westw. 



Nat. Libr. xxxviii, 252, t. 16, f. 1, ^, 2, $. Smith, Mon. Bees. 



Great Brit. 228, 15, ^ , ?, ^ . Ay. Ap. Bor. 238, 25. 

 Apis lapidarius, Linn. Faun. Suec. 424, No. 1712. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 



ii. 329, 25. Bon. Engl. Ins. iii. 97, t. 108, f. 1, ?, t. 58, f. 2, ^ . 



Kirby, Man. Ap. Angl. ii. 363, 106. 

 Bremus Truucorum, Panz. Faun. Germ. 85, 21, ^. 

 Bombus Lefebvrei, St. Farg. Hym. i. 461, 4, $ (var). 



This species is found throughout Europe; it is not subject to vary. 

 A rare variety having a yellow collar does sometimes occur ; this is 

 the B. Lefebvrei of St. Fargeau. I have only seen a single example 

 captured in this country ; it was taken at Sandwich, in Kent, and was 

 in the collection of the late Mr. Wing. 



16. B. Hortorum, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xiv, 65, 5. Illig. Mag. v. 



166, 14. Bahlb. Bomb. Scand. 38, 12. St. Farg. Hym. i. 466, 

 12. Brews. 8^ Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. 120, 16. Smith, 

 Mon. Bees Great Brit. 230, 16. Nyl. Ap. Bor. 231, 11. 



Apis Hortorum, Linn. Faun. Suec. 424, No. 1710. Kirby, Mon. Ap. 

 Angl. ii. 339, 91. 



Bombus autumnalis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 352, 47, $. 



I have never met with any varieties of this species. In general 

 coloration it corresponds with the B. ruderatus of Fabricius, but it is 

 a smaller insect. Fabricius gives as the habitats of B. ruderatus Den- 

 mark and Madeira ; I have obtained the sexes of this insect from both 

 localities, and, by a comparison of the male organs, have satisfied 

 myself of its being distinct from B. Hortorum. In my opinion 

 B. ruderatus is only a highly-coloured form of B. subterraneus. 

 M. Drewsen has sent to me varieties, as he considers, of this species, 

 but 1 do not agree with him in that opinion ; I believe them to be 

 females and workers of B. Latreillellus : these are destitute of yellow 



