VESPA. 405 



anteriorly with a broad streak from base black ; wings brownish 

 hyaline. 



^ similar, but with the femora at apex, tibiae, and tarsi only 

 yellow ; abdomen reddish yellow, w ith the basal margins of all 

 the segments black ; the black bands narrow, produced angularly 

 back in the middle, and irregularly notched on their posterior 

 margins. 



d . Very similar to the ^ , but the thorax entirely intense 

 Wack, only the posterior margins of the pronotum bright yellow, 

 a black elongate spot on each side of abdominal segments 2-5 above ; 

 antennae very long. 



JJab. Binsur, Kumaun ; Sikhim up to 8000 ft. 5 . Length 15 ; 

 e.vp. 4:0 max. ^. Length 10-11; exp. 32 mm. <S . Length 13; 

 ea;p. 32 mm. 



703. Vespa velutina, Lepel. Hym. i, p. 507; Sauss. Mou. Guep.Soc. 



p. 144, $ ; Smith, Cat. v, p. 119. 



$ or ^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pubescent, with soft erect 

 hairs, longer on the head and thorax than on the abdomen, this 

 last hav^ing a soft velvety appearance ; clypeus lightly convex, 

 slightly produced and transverse anteriorly; the sides oblique, the 

 margin in the middle and on the sides wa\ed; scutelliim with 

 a medial longitudinally impressed line, convex and somewhat 

 prominent ; the postscutellum and median segment vertical. Dark 

 velvety brown or black ; the clypeus, inner and outer orbits bi'oadly 

 interrupted above, and the front of the scape of the antennae orange ; 

 the posterior margin of the 1st abdominal segment narrowly, 

 the anterior tibiae on the inside and all the tarsi bright yellow ; 

 the posterior margins of abdominal segments 2-4 broadly ferru- 

 ginous yellow, broadening still more on the sides, the 5th and 0th 

 segments ferruginous brown, the apical margin of the 5th slightly 

 lighter brown ; wings brownish hyaline. 



Var. The colours in some specimens brighter, in others much 

 duller. 



Hah. Kumaun (Miss A. Brook) ; Sikhim {Mailer) ; Burma ; 

 Teuasserim ; China; Java. $. Length 16-18; exp. 40-42 mm. 

 5 . Length 14-17 ; exp. 40 mm. 



704, Vespa analis, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 303 ; Lepel. Hym. i, p. 508 ; 



tSauss. Man. Guep. Soc. p. 152; tSmith, Cat. v, p. 118. 



$ or 5 . Clypeus coarsely and closely jjunctured, square, 

 emarginate anteriorly ; head above and the thorax in front more 

 finely and sparsely punctured ; abdomen smooth, finely silky ; 

 scutellum much raised and longitudinally grooved. Head, thoi-ax, 

 1st abdominal segment, and basal half of the 2nd brownish 

 yellow ; the rest of the abdomen dark brown, the same colour 

 suffuses the apex of the mesonotum, the median segment posteriorly, 

 and the legs ; the head and thorax with erect black hairs, rather 



