Insects. 549 



Sp. 13. Bombus montanus, new species. 



This bee has hitherto been considered the Bremus regelationis of 

 Panzer, but from which it is abundantly distinct, Panzer's insect, be- 

 ing, I consider, beyond doubt, the male of B. lapidarius. The figure 

 and description both correctly point out that insect; the figure, which 

 from its general form, and the yellow face described, must represent a 

 male, cannot be the male of montanus : it is nearly twice the size, and 

 the yellow face decides that it cannot be the female ; besides, Panzer's 

 insect is described as having the legs clothed with rufous pubescence, 

 which is not the case in the present species, but is the characteristic 

 of the male of lapidarius. The Apis lapponica of Fabricius is nearly 

 allied to montanus, but I have examined specimens of the former 

 sent by Gyllenhall to Mr. Kirby, as well as numerous continental spe- 

 cimens, and on comparison they are quite distinct. I have not been 

 able to learn that the present species has been previously described ; 

 I have therefore given it a name founded on the habitat where it was 

 first discovered by Mr. Newman some years ago, namely, Black Moun- 

 tain, Pen-y-Cadir Vawr, Brecon Beacon, and other elevated situations 

 in Herefordshire, Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire. Mr. Newman 

 informs me that it frequents the common whortle-berry, settling for a 

 moment to extract honey from its bells, and then flying off with great 

 rapidity. It has been taken subsequently by Mr. Davis on the hills 

 near Halifax, where all the sexes were captured. 



Female, — Head black, with a few pale hairs on the vertex. Tho- 

 rax black, w T ith a yellow band on the collar, and a few hairs of the 

 same colour upon the scutellum. Legs black. Abdomen red, with a 

 narrow indistinct black band at the base. (Size, 8 lines). 



The Neuter is similarly coloured, about 5 lines in length. 



The Male is about 6 lines long. Head black, with a yellow face. 

 The thorax black, with a yellow band on the collar, a patch of yellow 

 hairs placed laterally on the scutellum, and the thorax clothed with 

 yellow hairs beneath. The legs are black, with a few rufous hairs on 

 the posterior tibia. The abdomen as in the female, but with a thinly 

 scattered yellow pubescence beneath. 



Sp. 14. Bomb us lapidarius. 

 A. lapidarius, Linn. Kirby 's Mon. 



There is a specimen of this bee in the Linnean cabinet. I think it 

 is less subject to variation of colouring than any other species of the 

 genus. The male, as I have previously shown, is figured in Panzer 



