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footnote on page 10-1 of vohinie one of his 'J'hi'ce Kxpcditions 



into the Interior of Eastern Australia and reads as follows: 



Genus, Vkspa; subgenus, Ahispa; species Ahispd A iisl nilKnui 



(uiihi ). 



Head, aiitenn.-u', and feet yelliuv; eyes l)lack : tlie scutellum of pro- 

 thorax yellow; the scutuiii of inesothorax i)lack ; witii the scutellum 

 _\ello\v, ; the scutum of the metathorax yellow, witli the scutellum 

 hlack and the axillae yellow. The wings yellow, with dusky tips. 

 The tirst segment of abdomen has the petiole hlack. The second seg- 

 ment is black and the rest yellow. 



It is clear that the inrer|)retiiig *'the scutellinn of the 

 prothorax" as the pronotuui. "seutuui of metathorax" as tlie 

 nietanotnm, ''scutellum" of the same as the superior face of 

 the propodeum, and the ''axillae" as the posterior lateral angles 

 of the propodeum and allowing a little iuacuraey in the state- 

 ment that the second abdominal segment is black, we have a 

 reasonably close description of Ahispa aiisfraJis Smith. 



It is especially to Ije noted that ^iitehell does not use the 

 name in the text. 



It seems clear that the stinging insect mentiouc^l in the 

 text is Poli.stes iepidus (Fabricius), but it seems eiiually clear 

 that the insect described in the footnote is Ahispa nihsh-ali'^ 

 Smith and that accordingly we must retain the name Ahlsp/f 

 for the genius of Australian Kumenid wasps ivi jtrefei-ence to 

 Saussure's Monerobla. 



in l)ella Torre's Catalogue an ei-ror has ei'ept in in citing 

 Ah'ispa cp/il pplinn Mitchell. There is no such (•duihination to 

 he fnuufl in the work indicated. Smith has given the same 

 en-oncous i-eference. liotli arc doid)tless based ou Saussure's 

 sn])p(i>iiion ihat niisl Ktl iinui is identical with cp/i i ppniin. There 

 is, however, no reason to suppose this is the case. 



The synonymy then may read: 

 Abispa .Mitchell is:;8. 



= ( .]/ (inci-ohla Sanssure) 1852. 



^irnllslrs .Meade Wahh.) T.I 14 nee L:^tl■eill(^ 



Ty]te \'csp(i [A/ilsp/i] (iiisl riilidiiii .Mitchell 1 s:;^. _Mono- 



basjc. 



