Capt. P. P. Kine’s South American Hymenoptera. 323 
Exemplar alterum magis flavescens. Mesothoracis scutum lateribus flavum ; 
femora tantüm postica subfusca. 
St. Paul's. j 
30. POLISTES BIGUTTATUS, 7. S. 
Niger; capite, prothorace apiceque antennarum et pedum ferrugineis ; abdomine 
ferrugineo basi nigro punctis duobus flavis. Fem. 
Long. corp. 8 lin. Alar. 17 lin. 
Fem. Caput ferrugineum, vertice et occipite fuscis. AÆntennæ nigrae, arti- 
culis 2 ultimis undique, praecedentibus subtüs ferrugineis. Thorax niger, 
opacus, prothorace suprà ferrugineo. Pedes nigri; anticorum genua, tibice 
tarsique ferruginei, metatarsi nigri apice demto: intermediorum genua, 
tarsorum articuli 3 superiores apice, reliqui toti ferruginei: posticorum 
genua, tarsorum articuli superiores apice, sequentes subtüs feré toti ferru- 
ginei. Ale fusco-ferruginec. Squamule ferruginece. Abdomen ferrugi- 
neum, segmentis primo et secundo basi nigris, illo flavo-bipunctato. 
The nest of this species is preserved ; it seems to have been suspended by a 
short slender footstalky and is formed of one Jayer, comprising 56 hexagonal 
cells of various depths. 
*31. PorisrEs apicaLis. Fabr. 
St. Paul's. 
32. POLISTES ACTON, m. s. 
Cyaneus ; clypeo et metathoracis maculá bilobá flavis. Fem. 
Long. corp. 7 lin. Alar. 124 lin. 
Fem. Obscuré cyaneus. Clypeus flavus, basi lineolis 2 nigris e nigredene 
faciei continuatis. Metathoracis margo anticus flavo-lineatus. Macula 
metathoracis magna flava subquadrata at posticé bifida. Tibie et tarsi an- 
tici latere interno flavicantes. Ale fusce, costa obscuriore. Abdominis seg- 
mentum primum breve, haud petiolatum, margine apicis utrinque albicante. 
St. Catherine's. 
*33. ODYNERUS. VESPIFORMIS. 
Ater, villosus ; alarum costá, squamulis, antennis pedibusque rufis ; his basi ni- 
gris. Mas et fem. Clypeo et antennarum scapo subtüs flavis. Mas. 
Long. corp. fem. 7 lin., maris 64; alar. fem. 123 lin., maris 114. 
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