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11. POLISTES TENEBRICOSUS. 



Polistes tenebricosus, St. Farg. Hym. i. 529. 17. 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 51. 5. 



Hab. Java. 



12. Polistes maculipennis. 



Polistes maculipennis, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 61. 19. t. 6. f. 4. 

 Hab. Java. 



13. Polistes diabolicus. B.M. 

 Polistes diabolicus, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 68. 26. t. 6. f. 7. 

 Hab. Java ; Timor. 



14. Polistes callimorphus. 



Polistes callimorpha, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 71. 31. & p. 25i). 

 t. 10. f. 1. 



Hab. Island of Timor.^ 



15. Polistes lateritius. B.M. 



Female. Length 9 lines. — Brick-red : the basal segment of 

 the abdomen, the metathorax, the posterior portion of the meta- 

 thorax beneath the wings and the intermediate and posterior coxae, 

 black ; a line on the inner orbit of the eyes, a transverse Une at 

 the base of the post-scutellum, the filaments on each side of the 

 insertion of the abdomen and an abbreviated longitudinal line on 

 each side of the metathorax, yellow ; the posterior margin of the 

 three basal segments of the abdomen with obscure yellow fasciae; 

 the wings yellowish hyaline. 



Male. — Closely resembles the female, but with the face, scape 

 in front and the mandibles, yellowish ; the metathorax black only 

 at the apex. 



Hab. Ceram. 



Div. III. — Species of China and the Philippines. 



16. Polistes Chinensis. B.M. 



Vespa Chinensis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 261. 29. 

 Polistes Chinensis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 2/0. 6. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 56. 13. t. 7. f. 2. 

 Vespa bimaculata, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 678. 46 (var.?). 



Hab. China; Hong Kong; North China (Shanghai). 



