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Table to the Subfamilies of Vespin^ (Except 



the most striking of African solitary diploptera. The author shows 

 that certain of the segments of the palpi are ordinarily shed with the 

 pupal envelopes. Synagris cornuta has normally very large horn- 

 like growths on the mandibles of the male, but series show all stages 

 of reduction to mere tubercles. One of the two excellent colored 

 plates shows eight named color-varieties of this species. 



