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3. Vespa Pliilippinensis, Sauss. M071. Gxupes Soc. p. 148. 

 Hub. Boui'u; Amboyna; Philippine Islands. 



4. Vespa UNicoLOR. F. nigra, A-elutina ; alis flavis, basi rufo-fascis. 

 Female. Length 15 lines. Black; the clypeus coarsely rugose, the 



rest of the head rather finely punctured. The abdomen somewhat 

 shining towards the base, the base of the second segment with a fine 

 changeable cinereous pile ; the wings j'cUowish hyaline, becoming of 

 a reddish brown towards the base; the nervures black at the base of 

 the wings and rufo-testaceous at their apes. 

 Hab. Bouru. 



This species closely resembles Vespa deustu of St. Fargeau, but is a 

 distinct species ; in V. deusta the eyes extend to the base of the mandibles, 

 which is not the case in the present species, and the clypeus and post- 

 scutcllum are black. 



Tarn. ANDEENIDiE, LeacJi. 

 Gen. Peosopis, Fair. 



1. Prosopis apicata. p. ferruginea, vertice abdomineque nigris; 

 alis hyalinis, dimidio apicali fusco. 



Female. Length 3~ lines. Ferruginous ; head and abdomen shining ; 

 the vertex and mandibles black, the latter ferruginous at their tips ; 

 the clypeus and sides of the face pale flavo-testaceous ; the antennte 

 fuscous, the scape and flagellum beneath o])scurely rufo-testaceous ; 

 the wings with their basal half hyaline, the apical brown; the pos- 

 terior pair clear and beautifully iridescent. Abdomen : the three 

 basal segments ferruginous, the apical ones black. 



Hab. Mysol. 



2. Prosopis lusoria. P. nigra, capite thoraceque alto pictis; ab- 

 dominis segmentis primo et secundo albo maculatis. 



'Female. Length 4 lines. Black ; the head and thorax closely punc- 

 tured ; a line at the orbits of the eyes, interrupted above, and another 

 running from the anterior stemma to the frontal margin of the cly- 

 peus, white; the scape ferruginous in front, the flagellum fulvous 

 beneath. Thorax : the collar, tubercles, three spots in a line beneath 

 the wings, two narrow longitudinal stripes on the disk of the meso- 

 thorax, a line over the tegulse, and a spot on each side of the scutel- 

 lum and postscutellum white ; the triangular space at the base of 

 the metathorax longitudinally striated. Abdomen closely and finely 

 punctured ; a narrow line or spot on each side of the two basal seg- 

 ments ; the three apical segments thinly covered with cinereous pu- 

 bescence. 

 Hab. Mysol. 



3. Prosopis impertalis. P. capite thoraceque viridi-cyaneis, abdo- 

 minis segmentis basalibus purpureo variegatis. 



