116 me. smith's catalogue of hymenopteeous insects 



vures dark ferruginous towards the base of the wings, and pale ferru- 

 ginous towards their apex. Abdomen dark ferruginous, somewhat 

 obscure ; the first segment and base of the second bright red ; the 

 sides and the apex of the abdomen with a fine silky white pile. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



Gen. Vespa, Linn. 



1 . Vespa cincta, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 254. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). Malacca (Mount Ophir). 



2. Vespa arfinis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 254 (var. V. cinctal). 

 Hab. Malacca. 



.'J. Vespa tyraunica, Smith, Cat. Hym. pt. 5. p. 119. 

 Hab. Singapore. 



4. Vespa (anomala) dorylloides, Sauss. Mon. Guepes, Soc. p. 112. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). Malacca. Singapore. 



5. Vespa bellicosa, Sauss. Mon. Guepes, Soc. p. 1-16. 

 Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). 



(5. Vespa annulata. V. nigra, scutello flavo-maculato, post-scutello 

 metathoraceque flavis, illo in summo nigro, segmentis tenuibus flavo 

 marginatis. 



Worker. Length 10 lines. The clypeus emarginate in front, its lateral 

 angles acute and slightly produced ; an elongate-quadrate black spot 

 in the middle not extending to the anterior margin ; the cheeks, man- 

 dibles, clypeus, a coronet-shaped spot above, the emargination of the 

 eyes, the scape in front and the flagellum beneath, yellow. Thorax : 

 a narrow line on the anterior and posterior margins of the prothorax, 

 the tegulae and a spot beneath the wings, an ovate spot on each side 

 of the scutellum, the post-scutellum and metathorax, yellow ; wings 

 subhyaline, with a narrow fuscous stain at the anterior margin of the 

 superior pair ; legs yellow, with a fuscous stain on the tibiae and 

 femora above. Abdomen : two large spots at the base of the first 

 segment, and a narrow fascia on the apical margins of all the segments, 

 yellow; the yellow bands abruptly widened laterally; the abdomen 

 vellow beneath, with the base of the segments blackish. 



Hab. Borneo (Sarawak). Malacca. 



Fam. TENTHKEDINID^, Leach. 



1. Tenthredo coxalis. T. chalybea, clypeo palpis trochanteribus 

 coxarum apicibus tibiisque postice albis, alis hyalinis. 



Female. Length 4 lines. Steel-blue; the antennae black ; the clypeus 

 and palpi white. Thorax : a line before and a spot beneath the tegulae, 



