1863.] 
107 
the wings. Wings hyaline, slightly clouded on the apical margins. 
Legs black, femora clothed beneath with yellowish hairs. Abdomen 
with the third and fourth segments above reddish, remaining segments 
yellow. Beneath sparsely clothed with yellowish hairs. Length 7 lines. 
Worker. Colored same as the male, except that the hairs of the 
face are black. Length 5 lines. 
Female. Not seen. 
/ 
Two specimens from Pike’s Peak (Coll. Ent. Soc. Phila.), collected 
by Mr. W. J. Howard. 
39. B. nidulans. 
Apis nidulans Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 274. 
Bomhus nidulans Fabr. Syst. Piez. 349. 
“ Head and antennse rather long. Thorax yellow, a black band be¬ 
tween the wings. Abdomen yellow, anus slightly fulvous. Feet black. 
Hah. North America.” 
LFnknown to me. Probably an Apathus^ and may be a variety of 
A. elatus. 
40. B. Antiguensis. 
Apis Antiguensis Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 380; Ent. Syst. 2, p. 318; Oliv. Encycl. 
Meth. Ins. iv, p. 66. 
Bombus Antiguensis Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 346. 
“ Size of A. violaceus. Head black, immaculate. Thorax hairy, 
black. Abdomen black, anterior part yellow. Wings fuscous. Feet 
black. Hah. Antigua.” 
Unknown to me. 
41. B. epMppiatus. ^ 
Bomhus epMppiatus Say, Post. Journ. FTat. Hist. 1. p. 414. 
“Body black; pleura pale yellow; wings dusky, tinged with viola¬ 
ceous ; tergum pale yellow towards the base; this color is gradually 
narrowed behind and terminately on the third segment, forming some¬ 
what of a semi-oval, with its base to the thorax and confluent with the 
color of the pleura. Length less than half an inch. 
“ Inhabits Mexico.” 
Not seen. 
