32 HYMENOPTERA. 



79. EUMENES PICTA. B.M. 



Male. Length 4i lines. — The head black, the anterior margin 

 of the clypeus notched ; the scape in front, the clypeus and a spot 

 above, and also the mandibles, yellow ; the scape above and the 

 flagellum ferruginous, the latter with a black stain above towards 

 the apex. Thorax ferruginous, the anterior and posterior mar- 

 gins of the mesothorax with a black stain ; the anterior margin 

 of the prothorax, a large spot beneath the wings, the scutellum, 

 post-scutellum and metathorax, yellow; the scutellum at the 

 inferior margin and a triangular stain beneath the post-scutellum 

 ferruginous ; the wings subhyaline, with a yellow stain along the 

 anterior margin of the superior pair, a dark fuscous cloud occu- 

 pying the marginal cell ; the legs yellowy the femora with a fer- 

 ruginous stain above ; the thorax beneath, the coxse and base of 

 the femora more or less, black. Abdomen ferruginous, and 

 covered with a bright changeable pile ; the petiole and base of 

 the second segment of the abdomen black, the latter with a 

 transverse ferruginous band dividing tlie darker part ; the apical 

 margin of the segment narrowly bordered with yellow. 



Hab. St. Domingo. 



This species closely resembles Eumenes colona, and both are 

 found in St. Domingo ; but, irrespective of size, the present 

 species has the petiole of a different form, being wider and more 

 convex towards the apex ; the rest of the abdomen is more glo- 

 bose and not subpetiolated as in ii^. colona. 



80. Eumenes abdominalis. 



Sphex abdominalis, Drury, Illustr. Ins. i. t. 45. f. 2. 

 Vespa attenuata, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 6/4. 



Fabr. Sijst. Ent. 372. 44; Spec. Ins. i. 469; 3Iant. Ins. i. 

 2J3.77; Ent. Syst. n. 2S2. 9S. 

 Polistes attenuatus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 279. 44. 

 Eumenes abdominalis, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol. 70. 58. 



Hab. Cuba. 

 •81. Eumenes minuta. 



Eumenes minuta, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 291 . 23 <J . 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol. 39. 14. 



Hab. North America. 



82. Eumenes substricta. 



Eumenes substricta, Haldeman,Journ.Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. ii. 54 . 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol. Supp. 152.42. 



Hab. North America. 



