1865.] 165 



Odynerus Enyo, St. Farg. 



Odynerun ehgans, Guer. Icon. Reg. Anim. Ins. ]>. 440, pi. 70, fig. j. 



Odynerus Enyo, St. Farg. Hym. ii, p. 04S. Sauss. Mon. Guepes. Sol. p. 185. 



Guer. in LaSagra's Hist. Cuba, Ins. p. 770. 

 Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Seven 9 , six % specimens. 

 The % of this elegant species differs from the 9 by the smaller size, 

 and by the clypeus, mandibles and line between the antennae being 

 yellow, while in the $ they are black. 



Odynerus simplicicornis, Sauss. 



Odynerus simplicicornis, Sauss. Mon. Guepes. Sol. Suppl. p. 25?). Guer. in La- 

 Sagra's Hist. Cuba, Ins. p. 771, pi. 19, fig. 5. 

 Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Six 9 , five % specimens. 

 The nest of this species is somewhat of an oblate-spheroidal shape, 

 constructed of fine earth of a beautiful fawn color. It is attached to a 

 slender twig and measures 4] by (5 lines; sometimes two nests are 

 attached, close together, to the same twig; the outer surface is uneven, 

 and on the upper side there is a stout peduncle, by which the nest has 

 been attached to another body. The opening made by the imago in its 

 escape is large, and always on the side of the nest. 



Fain. VESPID^E. 



Genus POLISTES, Fabr. 

 Polistes carnifex, Fabr. 



Vespa carnifex, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 305: Spec. Ins. i, p. 401: Mant. Ins. i, p. 

 288 : Ent. Syst. ii, p. 200. Christ. Hymen, p. 239. Oliv. Ency. 

 Meth. vi, p. 081. 

 Polistes carnifex, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 272. Sauss. Mon. Guep. Soc. p. 90, pi. 10, 



fig. 5. Guer. in LaSagra"s Hist. Cuba. Ins. p. 772. 

 Polistes rufipennis, Latr. Voy. Humb. et Bonpl. Ins. ii. p. 97, pi. 38, fig. 4. 

 Polistes major, Beauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. p. 206, pi. 8, fig. 1. 

 Polistes chlorostoma, St. Farg. Hym. i, p. 521. 

 Polistes onerata, St. Farg. Hym. i, p. 524. 

 Polistes valida, Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, i, p. 389. 

 Polistes transversosignatus, Spinola, Voy. Entom. de Giuliani, p. 02. 

 Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Six ( % $ ) specimens. 



Polistes lineatus. Fabr. 



Vespa lineata. Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. p. 401 : Mant. I us. i. p. 2S8 : Ent. Syst. ii. p. 



259. Oliv. Ency. Meth. vi. p. 5S1. 

 Polistes lineata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 271. 

 Polistes lineatus, Sauss. Mon. Guep. Soc. p. 95, pi. 11, fig. 0. 

 Polistes cubensis. St. Farg. Hym. i, p. 520. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Seven (% 9) specimens. 

 Varies by the segments of the abdomen being more or less distinctly 

 banded with blackish at base. 



