OF CERAM, OBLHBES, TERNATE, AND GILOLO, 59 
longissimus ; cellulis primis secundisque submarginalibus equis, tertia 
quadrata ; facie aurato pubescente. 
Female. Length 63 lines. Black; the face covered with golden pu- 
bescence; the scape and the flagellum beneath rufo-fulvous; the 
mandibles and palpi rufo-testaceous. Thorax globular ; the posterior 
margin of the prothorax, a spot beneath the wings, another on the 
side of the pectus, two on the scutellum and two united ones on the 
metathorax, yellow; the legs rufo-piceous, withthe knees yellow. 
The petiole obscurely ferruginous, twice as long as the thorax, the 
apex swollen; the first segment of the abdomen has a short petiole, 
which is pale ferruginous ; the second segment has at its basal margin 
on each side an oblong yellow spot; beneath, the same segment has 
two small yellow spots. 
Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 
Gen. Vespa, Linn. 
1. Vespa affinis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 254 (var. V. cincta ?). 
Hab. Gilolo; Bachian; Celebes; Malacca; Singapore; India; China. 
Fam. ANDRENIDAZ, Leach. 
Gen. Prosopis. 
1. Prosopis eximius, Smith, Supp. Journ. Proc. Linn, Soc. v. 131. 1. 
Hab. Gilolo; Bachian. 
Gen. Nomis, Latr. : 
1. Nomra cLAvaATA. N. nigra et punctata, facie pube brevi grisea 
tecta; abdomine clavato, nitido, marginibus apicalibus segmentorum 
albo fasciatis. 
Male. Length 3% lines. Black; head and thorax opake; the face 
covered with cinereous pubescence; the mandibles ferruginous at 
their apex. The collar, scutellum and post-scutellum bordered with 
short downy pale pubescence; the wings subhyaline and iridescent, 
the apical margins of the superior pair fuscous ; the legs obscurely 
rufo-piceous, the tarsi pale rufo-testaceous ; the legs with a glittering 
pale pubescence. Abdomen clavate, the margins of the segments 
constricted, each having a fascia of pale pubescence on its apical 
margin. 
Hab. Gilolo. 
2. Nom1a MopEsTA, N. nigra; eapite thoraceque punctatis subopacis, 
abdomine nitido, segmentis ad marginem apicalem albo fasciatis. 
Female. Length 3 lines. Black ; the face covered with glittering cine- 
reous pubescence; the flagellum fulvous beneath; the mandibles 
