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  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith's 
  Descriptions 
  

  

  yellow, 
  the 
  post-scutellum 
  palest, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  above 
  fuscous. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men, 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  segments 
  of 
  a 
  reddish 
  yellow, 
  having 
  

   bright 
  yellow 
  marginal 
  fascia, 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  

   of 
  a 
  deep 
  red- 
  brown 
  colour; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  are 
  black, 
  

   the 
  third 
  has 
  a 
  bright 
  yellow 
  marginal 
  fascia 
  ; 
  the 
  yellow 
  fasciee 
  

   are 
  continued 
  beneath 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  segments, 
  the 
  rest 
  

   are 
  narrowly 
  piceous. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  The 
  head 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  ocelli 
  and 
  that 
  

   between 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  antennae, 
  also 
  the 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  antennae 
  fusco-ferruginous 
  above. 
  The 
  anterior 
  mar- 
  

   gin 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  pale 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  mesothorax 
  has 
  two 
  

   small 
  ferruginous 
  spots 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  a 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  tegulae, 
  and 
  also 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  ferruginous, 
  beneath 
  which, 
  

   on 
  each 
  side, 
  is 
  a 
  bright 
  yellow 
  dot; 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  in 
  front, 
  

   also 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  femora, 
  ferruginous. 
  The 
  first 
  segment 
  

   of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  ferruginous, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  divided 
  from 
  the 
  

   apical 
  portion, 
  which 
  is 
  yellow, 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  band 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  ferruginous, 
  having 
  a 
  broad 
  apical 
  yellow 
  band 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  

   and 
  fourth 
  are 
  yellow, 
  each 
  having 
  at 
  their 
  base 
  a 
  black 
  band; 
  the 
  

   fifth, 
  sixth 
  and 
  seventh 
  segments 
  are 
  black 
  ; 
  beneath, 
  the 
  second, 
  

   third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  have 
  a 
  yellow 
  band 
  on 
  their 
  apical 
  

   margins 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  and 
  legs 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  changeable 
  

   golden 
  iridescence. 
  

  

  Length 
  13 
  lines. 
  

  

  Habitat 
  Tein-tung, 
  near 
  Ning-po-foo. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  preceding, 
  were 
  both 
  first 
  discovered 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Fortune, 
  and 
  are 
  fine 
  additions 
  to 
  our 
  Vespidce. 
  

  

  Vespa 
  Crahroniformis. 
  

   Female. 
  — 
  Nigro-fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  orange-yellow, 
  the 
  antennae 
  

   yellow 
  beneath, 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous, 
  their 
  teeth 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  yellow, 
  a 
  broad 
  central 
  

   indistinct 
  stripe 
  on 
  the 
  mesothorax 
  anteriorly, 
  the 
  tegulae 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous; 
  the 
  wings 
  fusco-hyaline, 
  their 
  anterior 
  margins, 
  from 
  their 
  

   base 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  submarginal 
  cell, 
  rufo-fuscous; 
  the 
  legs 
  covered 
  

   with 
  an 
  iridescent 
  pile. 
  Abdomen 
  fusco-ferruginous 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   laterally, 
  a 
  bright 
  ferruginous 
  spot, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  has 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  yellow 
  fascia 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  has 
  also 
  the 
  apical 
  

   margin 
  yellow, 
  rather 
  more 
  broadly 
  so 
  than 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  ; 
  

   the 
  following 
  segments 
  are 
  yellow, 
  the 
  third 
  has 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  a 
  

   tridentate, 
  transverse, 
  fusco-ferruginous 
  fascia 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth 
  merely 
  

   two 
  lateral 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  has 
  a 
  similar 
  

   reflective 
  pile. 
  The 
  entire 
  insect 
  naked, 
  except 
  a 
  few 
  black 
  

  

  