﻿of 
  undescribed 
  Chinese 
  Hymenoptera. 
  45 
  

  

  Bomhus 
  flavescens. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Entirely 
  clothed 
  with 
  pale 
  yellow 
  pubescens 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  their 
  apical 
  margins 
  clouded 
  ; 
  the 
  legs 
  testaceous 
  red. 
  

  

  Length 
  8 
  lines. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Chusan. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  unique 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum. 
  

  

  IX. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  Hymenopterous 
  Insects 
  from 
  

   Northern 
  India. 
  By 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  [Read 
  5tli 
  July, 
  1852.] 
  

  

  As 
  an 
  appendix 
  to 
  my 
  descriptions 
  of 
  Chinese 
  Hyjnenoptera, 
  read 
  

   3rd 
  May, 
  I 
  beg 
  to 
  present 
  the 
  following 
  descriptions 
  of 
  Indian 
  

   Wasps 
  and 
  Bees. 
  

  

  Vespa 
  magnifca. 
  

  

  Female.— 
  Black 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  of 
  an 
  

   orange-yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  are 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  have 
  

   their 
  teeth 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  finely 
  and 
  the 
  clypeus 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  laterally 
  is 
  indistinctly 
  tinged 
  with 
  red 
  ; 
  

   there 
  is 
  also 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  mesothorax 
  anteriorly 
  a 
  very 
  

   obscure 
  spot 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour, 
  and 
  another 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  

   of 
  the 
  tegulcc; 
  the 
  wings 
  fuscous; 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  in 
  front 
  have 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  a 
  ferruginous 
  colouring, 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  legs 
  have 
  a 
  

   changeable 
  sericeous 
  pile. 
  Abdomen, 
  the 
  segments 
  one 
  to 
  five 
  

   have 
  a 
  narrow 
  orange-yellow 
  marginal 
  fascia, 
  continued 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   that 
  on 
  the 
  fifth 
  sometimes 
  interrupted 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  sixth 
  entirely 
  

   yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  entire 
  abdomen 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  beautiful 
  bloom. 
  

  

  Length 
  21 
  lines 
  to 
  2 
  inches. 
  

  

  The 
  Worker 
  is 
  similarly 
  coloured, 
  having 
  the 
  claws 
  and 
  anterior 
  

   tibicC 
  and 
  knees 
  orange-yellow; 
  the 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  not 
  

   quite 
  so 
  entire. 
  

  

  Length 
  12—14 
  lines. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Nepaul. 
  

  

  The 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  fine 
  species, 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  

   of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  Major 
  General 
  

   Hardwick's 
  collection. 
  

  

  