84 QUEEN REARING IN ENGLAND. 



Fig. 44. 



Tibial comb ol right hind leg of Bombus terrestns, worlier, inner side. 



s, iTiTiiPT spur; g, pars glabrum; m, metatarsus brush; e, part of metatarsal. 



brush tliat bears moist pollen. 



Ricjht Lep 

 Inner 5id\ 



<^^^/,'. 







Fig. 45. 



Tibial comb of right hind leg of Avis mellifica, worker, loner side. 



g, pars glabrum. 



Ap/s, 

 Left Leg 



Fig. 46. 

 Distal end of left tibia of 4pis 

 mellijica, worker, end view, showing 

 excipula and limen; c. comb. 



Bom BUS, 

 Left 



Fig. 47. 

 Distal end of left tibia of Bombus 

 terrestris, worker, end -view, sijow- 

 ing excipula and limen; c, comD. 



