16. BOMBTJS. 211 



Section II. Underground builders. 



14. Bombus lapidarius. 



B. hirsutus, ater, abdominis segmentis analibus tribus rufo-fulvis, 

 alis hyalinis. Mas facie, tborace antice et scutello flavis. 



Bombus lapidarius, Blig. Mag. v. 169 2 • 



Fair. Syst. Piez. 347 $ . 



Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. 130. 



DaUb. Bomb. Scand. 30 tf $ £ . 



St.-Farg. Hym. i. 460 S 2 ? • 



Brulle, Fxped. Sc. de Moree, 528. 



Drews. 8f Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsshr. ii. 116 (1838-9). 



Westw. Nat. Libr. vi. 252, pi. 16. fig. 1 J, fig. 2 $. 



Smith, Zool. ii. 549 ; Bees Great Brit. 228 ; Entomol. iii. 285. 



Nyland. Notis. ur Stilish, pro Faun, et Flo. Fenn. i. 238. 



Schench, Nass. Bien. 150. 



Thorns. Hym. Scand. ii. 37. 

 Apis lapidaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 960, et Cab. Mus. Linn. Soc. 



Scop. Fnt. Cam. 305, fig. 813 $ . 



Fabr. Fnt. Syst. ii. 329. 



Schranh, Ins. Austr. 396. 



Fourc. Fnt. Par. ii. 449. 



Christ. Hym. 126. 



Bonov. Fng. Lis. iii. 97, tab. 108. fig. 1 $ . 



Kirby, Mon. Apum Angl. ii. 363 S 2 £ . 

 Apis arbustorum, Fabr. Fnt. Syst. ii. 320 $ . 

 Bombus arbustorum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 347. 

 Bremus truncorum, Panz. Faun. Germ. 85. 21 $ . 

 Bombus lefebvrei, St.-Farg. Hym. i. 461 var. 2 (type iu coll. Westw.). 

 Apicis pertristis, Harris, Fxpos. Fng. Ins. 137, tab. 40. fig. 14 <$ . 

 Apicis opis, Harris, lib. cit. tab. 40. fig. 12 £> . 



Female. Length 9-10 lines. — Clothed with black pubescence, the 

 three apical segments of the abdomen with rich rufo-fulvous ; 

 wings hyaline, their apical margins faintly clouded. B.M. 



Var. A more or less distinct yellow band on the thorax anteriorly. 



Worker. Length 4-6^- lines. — Only differs in being smaller than 

 the female. B.M. 



Male. Length 5-7 lines. — Clothed with black pubescence, but with 

 that on the face pale yellow, on the collar and scutellum it is 

 yellow, on the base of the abdomen a mixture of yellow hair ; the 

 four apical segments of the abdomen with bright rufo-fulvous 

 pubescence ; the posterior tibiae fringed with fulvous hairs. B.M. 



Yar. p. The scutellum and basal segment of the abdomen black. 



This is one of the most abundant of the British Bombi • it has its 

 representatives in India, China, Japan, and Mexico. The variety, of 

 the female having a yellow collar is of very rare occurrence in 

 England ; I have only seen a single example, which was taken near 

 Sandwich, Kent. St.-Eargeau has described this variety as a distinct 

 species, naming it B. lefebvrei ; I have had an opportunity of ex- 



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