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HYMENOPTERA. 



Polistes liebrsca, Fahr. Syst. Piez. 2/3. 21. 



St. Farg. Hym. i. 525. 12. 

 Polistes Macaensis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 272. 12. 



Westw. his. Lid. 91. t. 57. f. 4. 

 Vespa undata, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 684. 72. 

 Polistes hebraeus, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 53. 10. 

 Hab. India; China; Persia; Isle of France. 



6. Polistes orientalis. B.M. 



Cyclostoma orientalis, Kirby, Introd. Ent. iii. G33. ed. 1. c? . 

 Gyrostoma orientalis, Kirby, Introd. Ent. iii. 631. ed. 5. 

 Hab. India; China. 



7. Polistes confusus. B.M. 



Polistes orientaUs, St. Farg. Hym. i. 519 ? . 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 251. 

 Polistes Schach, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 50. 3. 



Hab. India; China. 



The Polistes confusus is in all probability the female of P. orien- 

 talis ; all the specimens known which agree with Kirby's insect 

 are males. 



8. Polistes hoplites. 



Polistes hoplites, Sauss. Mon.Gu,epes Soc. 55. 11. & p. 255. 

 Hab. India. 



9. Polistes stigma. B.M. 



Vespa stigma, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 275. 78. 

 Vespa tamula, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 263. 78. 

 Polistes taraula, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 274. 27. 

 Polistes stigma, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 261. 41. 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 64. 21. t. 6. f. 3. 



Hab. India ; Ceram ; Celebes. (Coll. Madame Ida Pfeiffer.) 



10. Polistes Sagittarius. B.M. 

 Polistes Sagittarius, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 56. 12. 



Var. S])ecimens from Greece have the thorax and second seg- 

 ment of the abdomen ferruginous. 

 Hab. India; China; Greece. 



