24:4: MODERN CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS. 
Klug, under the name of Masaris Hyleiformis* Klug MSS., from 
Egypt; the antenne are very short, as they are in both sexes of 
Celonites, the males of which have the abdomen terminated by two 
deep notches. 

The second family, Vespipz (Polistides St. Fargeau), is here re- 
stricted to those species (including the common wasp and hornet) 
which live in temporary societies, consisting of males, females, and 
workers or neuters (fig. 88.1. V. vulgaris g', 2—6. details of ditto ; 
Fig. 88. 

Jig. 88. 7. female, s—16. details of ditto, 17. and 18. neuter+). The 
upper lip is concealed by the clypeus; it is very much narrowed in 
front into a tongue-like piece (fig. 88. 10.); on the under side of it is 
attached a membranous plate rounded in front, which Savigny terms 
the epipharynx (fig. 88. 11.). The clypeus is nearly square, and but 
slightly produced in front; the mandibles are not longer than broad; 
their extremity is broadly and obliquely truncate and toothed; in V. 
vulgaris (fig. 88. 2. 3, 12. 9,18. ? ) they are formed alike in all the 
individuals; they are, however, differently coloured in the male, and 
clothed with much longer hairs. The maxilla and labium are but 
* My specimen is also a female. Should the male agree with Celonites in 
having short antenne, the species will require a distinct subgenus for its 
reception. 
+ The individuals here figured and dissected were obtained from the same nest in a 
bank. The observation of M. Perrot, recorded by Huber (Nouv. Obs. tom. ii. p. 443. ), 
and quoted by Kirby and Spence ( Jné. vol. ii. p. 108.), of a kind of females not larger 
than the workers, and which produce only male eggs, requires confirmation. 
