1032 BOMBIDAE 



from the LI districts (Bdy). Smith's record for SI was based upon mis- 

 identification; the species is not found near NYC (Beq). 



B. ternarius expallidus Ckll. Wilmington, Keene Val. (Fris-NYS). 



B. perplexus Cress. Keene Val., Not (Beq) ; New Russia (Bdy-CU) ; Cliff Mt. 

 (Beq) ; Upper Ausable L. (Beq) ; Crater Club, Aug (Fris) ; Mt. Marcy 

 (Beq) ; Cranberry L., Jl (Fris) ; St. Lawrence Co, Aug (Fris) ; near Pulaski, 

 Ds (Beq) ; Hermon, Aug (Fris) ; Syracuse, May, Jl (Fris) ; Ithaca, Sep 

 (Fris, Bdy) ; Slaterville (AAdams) ; Labrador Hollow (Bdy-CU) ; New 

 Salem, Delmar, Bish (Bdy-NYS) ; Big Ind. Val. (Beq) ; Oliverea (Beq) ; 

 New Kingston (Bdy-CU) ; Debruce, Ds (Beq) ; Ft. Montgomery, Schott 

 (Beq); W. Nyack (Beq); LI: Cold Sp. Harb., Wyandanch, Schott (Beq). 

 In the Adirondacks, I have taken it at 4800-5000 ft., where it visits Vaccinium 

 uliginosum (Beq). A Canadian species running well south in the Allegheny 

 Mts. Moderately common in the northern and central part of the State, but 

 rare in the LI district (Bdy). 



B. vagans F. Sm. Keene Val, Diven, Not (Bdy, Beq) ; New Russia (Bdy) ; Long 

 L. (Bdy) ; Mt. Marcy, Upper Ausable L., Mt. Skylight (Beq) ; Mt. Whiteface, 

 . Ds (Beq) ; Mt. Mclntyre (Bdy-CU) ; Crater Club, Aug (Fris) ; Cranberry 

 L., Jl (Fris); Saranac (Bdy-NYS); Wells, Yg (Bdy-NYS); Newport 

 (Bdy-NYS) ; Old Forge (Bdy-NYS) ; Hermon, Canton, Aug (Fris) ; St. 

 Lawrence, Aug (Fris) ; Syracuse, Jl-Aug (Fris) ; Clyde (Bdy-NYS) ; 

 Gannett Hill, Ontario Co, 2000 ft., Guerlac ; Castile, EABradlcy ; Cattaraugus 

 (Bdy-CU) ; Covert (Bdy-CU) ; Ithaca, Sep (Fris) ; Taughannock (Bdy- 

 CU) ; McLean (Bdv-CU) ; Labrador Hollow (Bdy-CU) ; Karner, New Salem 

 (Bdy-CU) ; Oliverea, Big Ind. Val. (Beq) ; Poughkeepsie (Bdy-CU) ; New 

 Kingston (Bdy-CU) ; Callicoon, Ds (Beq) ; Pine I., Ds (Beq) ; Ft. Mont- 

 gomery, Schott (Beq) ; SI, Ds (Beq) ; LI: Cold Sp. Harb., Oakdale, Schott, 

 Gardiners I., Flatbush. (Beq) ; Wyandanch, Schott (Beq) ; Half Way Hollow 

 Hills, Montauk, Amagansett, Orient, all Ds (Beq) ; Jamaica, Schott (Beq) ; 

 Riverhead (Bdy-CU). The most abundant species of Bombus throughout the 

 greater part of the State. Common, although perhaps less so than others in 

 even the high Adirondacks (Bdy). I have taken this species in the Adiron- 

 dacks at an altitude of 5000-5200 ft., where it visits SoUdago alpestris, 

 Vaccinium uliginosum, O.vycoccus oxycoccus, and Potcntilla tridcntata (Beq). 



B. vagans var. coctus Beq & Plath. LI: Flushing, Eng (Beq&Plath). 



B. fervidus (Fab.). Canton, May, Hermon, Aug (Fris); Otter L. (Bdy-CU); 

 DeRuyter (Bdy-CU) ; Pike (Bdy-NYS) ; Geneva, May (Fris) ; Covert (Bdy- 

 CU) ; Ithaca, Sep (Bdy, Fris) ; Labrador Hollow (Bdv-CU) ; Monticello, 

 Schott (Bdy-CU) ; Debruce, Ds TBeq) ; Mosholu, Ds (Beq) ; White Plains 

 (Beq); Van Cort. Pk. (Beq); SI (Beq); LI: E. New York, Aqueduct, 

 Greenport, Ds (Beq) ; Flatbush, Jamaica, Little Neck, Oakdale, Schott (Beq) ; 

 Sands Ft.,' Bs (Beq). Essentially a southern species, and one of our most 

 abundant in southern and central NY. Not known from the Adirondacks 

 and Catskills (Bdy). 



B. fervidus var. dorsalis Cress. Covert, Labrador Hollow (Bdy-CU). 



B. americanorum (Fab.) (pennsylvanicus Geer). Mt. Marcy (Bdy-NYS) ; Otter 

 L. (Bdy-CU) ; Syracuse, Oct (Fris) ; Canandaigua L. (Bdy-NYS) ; Covert 

 (Bdy-CU) ; Ithaca (Bdy-CU) ; Taughannock (Bdy-CU) ; Slaterville 

 (AAdams); Albany (Bdy-CU); White Plains (Beq); SI (Beq); LI: Oak- 

 dale, Coram, Schott (Beq) ; Long Beach, Orient, Gardiners I. (Beq) ; Wyan- 

 danch, Schott (Beq) ; Aqueduct, Montauk, Amagansett, Ds (Beq). An 

 abundant southern species, common as far north as central NY, but rare in 

 the mountains (Bdy). 



