126 Polistes. 



Vcspa carnifcx Fabricius, Mant. Insect. I. 1787 p. 288 n. 19. 

 Vespa camifex Gmelin. Linne: Syst. nat. Ed. 13» I. 5. 17'JO p. 2749 n. 'M. 

 Vespa carnifex Christ, Naturg. d. Insect. 1794 p. 239. 

 Vespa carnifex Olivier, Encycl. m^thod. Insect. VI. 1791 p. 681 n. 58. 

 Vespa carnifex Fabricius, Entom. system. II. 1 793 p. 26U n. 23. 

 Polistes carnifex Fabricius, Syst. Piez. 1804 p. 272 n. 13. 



Polistes major Palisot-Beauvais, Insect. Afr. & Amer. 1805 p. 206 Hym6n.; T. 8 F. 1. 

 Polistes chlorostoma Lepeletier, Hist. nat. Insect. Hym^n. I. 1836 p. 521 n. 5, 9- 

 Polistes onerata Lepeletier, Hist. nat. Insect. H}Tnen. I. 1836 p. 524 n. 11, r^. 

 Polistes valida Say, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. I. 4. 1837 p. 389 n. 3, Q. 

 Polistes carnifex Saussure, Sagra: Hist. fis. Cuba VII. 1856 p. 772, Q 9. [n.l,Q. 



Polistes Rhyopalidia transversesignata Spinola, Mem. accad. sc. Torino 2) XIII. 1851 p.78 

 Polistes carnifex Saussure, Etud. fam. Vespid. II. Vesp. 1853 p. 90 n. 53, Q 9; T. 10 F. 5 (p). 

 Polistes carnifex Saussurc, Ann. soc. entom. France '3 V. 1857 p. 313 n. 5. 

 Polistes valida Leconte, Writ. of Th. Say Entom. II. 1859 p. 769 n. 3, ^. 

 Polistes carnifex W. F. Kirby, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5; XIII 1884 p. 411 n. 41. 

 cayapyta Sauss. — g (5 — Am. : Argentinia. 



Polistes cavapyta Saussure, Etud. fam. Vespid. IL Vesp. 1853 p.87 n.51, g ^; T. 11 F.81Q). 

 Polistes cavapyta Saussure, Ann. soc. entom. France (3) V. 1857 p. 313 n. 3. 

 colouicns Smith — (5 — As. : Amboina. 



Polistes colouicus Smith, Journ. of Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool. IV. 1860 Suppl. p. 129 n. 3, (^. 

 comanclms Sauss. — Am. : New Mexico. 



Polistes Comanchus Saussure, Ann. soc. entom. France (3) V. 1857 p. 314 n. 7. 

 confasus Smith — As. : India, China. 



Polistes orientalis Lepeletier, Hist. nat. Insect. Hymen. I. 1836 p. 519 n. 1, Q [necKirby]. 



Polistes orientalis Saussure, Etud. fam. Vcspid. II. Vesp. 1853 p. 251. 



Polistes confusus Smith, Catal. HjTnen. Brit. Mus. V. 1857 p. 102 n. 7. 

 consobrinns Sauss. — 2-5 — Am. : Brasilia. 



Polistes consobrinus Saussure, Rev. & mag. zool. (2) X. 1858 p. 259, g ^. 

 crinitns (Felt.) Smith — Q 9 — Am. fere tota. 



Vespa crinita Felton, Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. LIV. 1764 p. 53-57. 



Vespa tricolor Fabricius, Syst. entom. 1775 p. 369 n. 32. 



Vespa Americana Fabricius, Syst. entom. 1775 p. 370 n. 38. 



Vespa tricolor Fabricius, Spec. Insect. I. 1781 p. 465 n. 43. 



Vespa Amcricana Fabricius, Spec. Inscct. I. 1781 p. 467 n. 52. 



Vespa tricolor Fabricius, Mant. Insect. I. 1787 p. 291 n. 52. 



Vespa Americana Fabricius, Mant. Inscct. I. 1787 p. 292 n. 64. 



Vespa tricolor Gmelin, Linne: Syst. nat. Ed. 13^ I. 5. 1790 p. 2755 n. 67. 



Vespa Americana Gmclin, Linne: Syst. nat. Ed. 13» I. 5. 1790 p. 2756 n. 77. 



Vespa crinita Christ, Naturg. d. Insect. 1791 p. 225. 



Vespa tricolor Christ, Naturg. d. Inscct. 1791 p. 238. 



Vespa Amcricana Christ, Naturg. d. Insect. 1791 p. 243. 



Vespa tricolor Olivier, Eucycl. mcthod. Insect. VI. 1791 p. 689 n. 98. 



Vespa Amcricaiia Olivier, Encycl. method. Insect. VI. 1791 p. 691 n. 111. 



Vespa multicolor Olivicr, Encycl. mothod. Inscct. VI. 1791 p. 691 n. 113. 



Vespa tricolor Fabricius, Entom. systcm. II. 1793 p. 271 n. 67. 



Vespa Americana Fabricius, Entom. system. II. 1793 p. 276 n. 81. 



Polistes Amcricana Fabricius, Syst. Piez. 1804 p. 275 n. 29. 



Vcspa tricolor Fabricius, Syst. Piez. 1804 p. 266 n. 70. 



Polistes Americanus Saussure, Etud. fam. Vespid. H. Vosp. 1 s53 p. 93 n. 55, Q ; T. 1 1 F. 4 & 5. 



