1 98 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions 
4. Vespa japonica, Smith, Entora. Month. Mag. iv. 
279, $. 
Hah. — Hakodadi, Hiogo. 
At the time that I described this species I was not 
aware that the name had been used by another Entomo- 
logist ; but as the species to which, in the first instance, 
the name "japonicn^^ Avas given, proves to be my own V. 
mandarinia, described five years previously, it is not neces- 
sary to alter the name. Since describing V.japonica $, 
I have received numerous workers, which are coloiured 
similar to the male, but are rather smaller in size. 
5. Vespa Lcwisii, Sauss. Guej)es Soc. (MS.). 
Genus Polybia, Sauss. 
^ ■ — 1. Pohjhia orientalis, Sauss. INIon. Guepes Soc. 208, 
tab. xxvi. fig. 2. 
Hnh. — Hakodadi, Hiogo. 
Genus Polistes, Latr. 
_^^ 1. Polistes Chinensis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 270; Sauss. Mon. 
Guepes Soc. 5Q, tab. vii. fig. 2 ; Voy. Novar. Plym. 19. 
Hah. — Hakodadi, Hiogo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, 
Siberia. 
This insect is not, in my opinion, specifically separable 
from P. higlumis, (diadema) of Europe. 
p . - 2. Polistes hebrans, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 273 ; Sauss. 
^' Mon. Guepes Soc. 53. 
Hah. — Hakodadi, Hiogo, India, China, Mauritius, 
Persia. 
The Japanese, and also the Chinese form of this species, 
differ greatly in colouration fi-om any we have seen from 
India. The thorax is black beneath ; the niesothorax black, 
Avith two longitudinal yellow lines ; the metathorax is 
usually black, but occasionally has two yelloAv lines ; the 
abdomen is black, and beautifully variegated Avith yelloAv 
spots and lines ; but the palest coloured examples from 
Japan very closely resemble the darker ones from India. 
k 3. Polistes Novarcc, Sauss. Reise NoA^ar. Hym. p. 19, 
^ tab. i. figs. 13, 14, $. 
Hah. — Hakodadi, Hiogo, Tellangchong (Nicobar 
Islands), Sambelong Island (JMalacca Straits). 
