BoMBiDAE — Apidae 1035 



(Subgenus BOMBIAS Robertson) 

 B. auricomus Robts. Manlius, SmHH ( Richmond- CU) ; Covert (Bdy-CU). 



B. separatus Cress. New Russia (Bdy-CU) ; Otter L. (Bdy-CU) ; Canandaigua L. 

 (Bdy-NYS) ; Covert (Bdy-CU) ; Ithaca (Rich, Bdy-CU) ; Norton's Landing, 

 Cavuga L. ; west shore, Cayuga L. (AAdams) ; Labrador Hollow (Bdy- 

 CU) ; Karner (Bdy-NYS) ; SI, Ds (Beq) ; LI: Bellmore, Eng (Beq) ; Long 

 Beach, Orient, Pennequid Barrens, Gardiners L (Beq) ; Wyandanch, Schott 

 (Beq) ; Montauk, Yaphank, Ds (Beq). A southern species, rare in central 

 NY and the Adirondacks, more common in the LI district (Bdy). 



B. rufocinctus Cress. Crater Club (Fris-SyracuseU) ; Lake Bluff, Sep 3, 1912 

 (color var. 6, Bdy); Castile, one male. May, ECBradley (Bdy-CU). Essen- 

 tially a Rocky Mountain species, although known from eastern Canada and Vt. 

 To be counted as our rarest species of Bombus. 



PSITHYRUS Lepeletier : Usurper Bees 



(Social parasites of bumblebees.) 



P. laboriosus (Fab.). Crater Club, Aug (Fris) ; St. Lawrence Co, Aug (Fris) ; 

 Hermon, Aug (Fris) ; Cranberry L., Jl (Fris) ; Otter L. (Bdy-CU) ; Syra- 

 cuse, Sep (Fris) ; Geneva, May (Fris) ; Covert (Bdy-CU) ; Norton's Landing, 

 Cayuga L., SmHH (Cress-CU) ; west shore, Cayuga L. (AAdams) ; Ithaca, 

 AAdams, RLounsberry (Bdy-CU); Spring Lake (Bdy-CU); Taughannock 

 (Bdy-CU); Hudson Falls (Bdy-NYS); SI (Beq); LI: Kings Pk., Orient 

 (Beq); Wyandanch, Huntington, Schott (Beq); Wading R. (Schott). A 

 transition and upper austral species extendir^g well into Canada. Our most 

 common species. A form of this species with all-black abdomen in the female 

 is not uncommon around Ithaca. It has been taken by Armand Adams, Victor 

 Skiff, Royden Lounsberry, J. C. Bradley, Henry Guerlac, and others, at several 

 localities (Bdy). 



P. insularis (Sm.). Keene Val., Not (Beq, Fris); Ithaca (Franklin-CU). 



P. ashtoni (Cress.). Keene Val., Not (Beq) ; Mt. Skylight, 4800 ft., on PotentUla 

 tridentata (Beq) ; Hermon (Fris) ; Gannett Hill, Ontario Co, 2000 ft., Guerlac; 

 Covert (Bdy-CU) ; west shore, Cavuga L. (AAdams) ; Ithaca (Cress, 

 Franklin-CU) ; Taughannock (Bdy-CU) ; Labrador Hollow (Bdy-CU) ; Big 

 Ind._ Val. (Beq); Oliverea, Ds (Beq); Ft. Montgomery (Schott). This 

 species seems to be confined to the central and northern part of the State ; 

 elsewhere its chief distribution seems to be in the Canadian and Northern 

 Transition zones (Bdy). 



P. fernaldae Franklin. St. Lawrence Co, Aug (Fris) ; Brant L. (Franklin) ; Cran- 

 berry L., Jl (Fris) ; Otto (Franklin) ; Gannett Hill, Ontario Co, 2000 ft., one 

 male, Guerlac &Bdy; Ithaca (Franklin); McLean (Beq). A boreal species, 

 known here only from the central and Adirondack regions and very rare. 

 (Bdy). 



Family APIDAE 

 Apis Linnaeus 

 A. mellifica L. Honey Bee. Generally distributed throughout the State. 



