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  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith's 
  Descriptions 
  

  

  with 
  a 
  beautiful 
  sericeous 
  reflection; 
  punctured 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  

   but 
  the 
  wings 
  paler. 
  

  

  Length 
  Ih 
  lines. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  somewhat 
  resembles 
  the 
  punctata 
  of 
  Sausseur, 
  but 
  

   it 
  is 
  larger, 
  the 
  sculpture 
  is 
  very 
  different, 
  its 
  wings 
  are 
  darker, 
  

   and 
  its 
  petiole 
  more 
  elongate 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  exact 
  similitude 
  in 
  form 
  

   and 
  sculpture 
  I 
  have 
  placed 
  these 
  sexes 
  together 
  as 
  constituting 
  

   one 
  species. 
  They 
  also 
  agree 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  their 
  peculiar-shaped 
  

   abdomen, 
  which, 
  viewed 
  laterally, 
  is 
  square, 
  having 
  the 
  upper 
  

   angles 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  near 
  Ning-po-foo, 
  

  

  Polistes 
  sidcatus. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Black 
  ; 
  the 
  head, 
  excepting 
  the 
  face 
  above 
  the 
  insertion 
  

   of 
  the 
  antennae 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  the 
  vertex 
  of 
  the 
  eyes, 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scape 
  and 
  the 
  mandibles 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  two 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  

   disk 
  of 
  the 
  meso-thorax, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  post-scutellum, 
  the 
  

   femora, 
  tibiae 
  within, 
  and 
  the 
  tarsi, 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  metathorax 
  

   transversely 
  sulcate. 
  Abdomen, 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  has 
  an 
  in- 
  

   distinct 
  macula 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  its 
  apical 
  margin, 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   following 
  segments, 
  obscurely 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  one 
  entirely 
  

   so, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  down 
  its 
  centre. 
  

  

  Length 
  12 
  lines. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Black 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  and 
  a 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  inner 
  margins 
  of 
  

   the 
  eyes, 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  their 
  emargination, 
  yellow, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  

   silvery 
  pile 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  ferruginous 
  stripe 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  beneath, 
  and 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  an- 
  

   tennae 
  beneath, 
  ferruginous. 
  The 
  prothorax, 
  tegulae, 
  the 
  mar- 
  

   gins 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  post-scutellum, 
  and 
  the 
  legs, 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous. 
  Abdomen 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  — 
  the 
  wings 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  are 
  

   hyaline, 
  having 
  a 
  ferruginous 
  tinge, 
  particularly 
  at 
  their 
  anterior 
  

   margins. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  although 
  closely 
  resembling 
  the 
  Gyrostoma 
  Orien- 
  

   talis 
  of 
  Kirby, 
  is 
  very 
  distinct, 
  and, 
  independent 
  of 
  sculpture, 
  &c. 
  

   is 
  a 
  smaller 
  species. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  near 
  Ning-po-foo. 
  

  

  Vespa 
  Mandarinia. 
  (Tab. 
  VIIL 
  fig. 
  1.) 
  

   Female. 
  — 
  Black 
  ; 
  the 
  head, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae, 
  

   of 
  a 
  reddish-yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  eyes, 
  the 
  pit 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  ocelli 
  are 
  

   placed, 
  and 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  notched 
  

   in 
  front 
  ; 
  the 
  three 
  apical 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  slightly 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous 
  beneath, 
  the 
  checks 
  broadly 
  dilated. 
  The 
  scutellum, 
  

  

  