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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  9 
  mm. 
  Anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  broadly, 
  

   gentl}^, 
  arcuately 
  emarginate, 
  the 
  lobes 
  subdentate, 
  obtuse; 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  confluently 
  punctured; 
  head 
  with 
  rather 
  large, 
  

   uniform, 
  distinct 
  punctures; 
  ocelli 
  in 
  a 
  low 
  triangle; 
  postocellar 
  line 
  

   distinctly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  ocellocular 
  line; 
  posterior 
  orbits 
  simple; 
  

   flagellum 
  tliickening 
  apically, 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  subequal 
  in 
  length 
  with 
  

   the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  beneath, 
  but 
  shorter 
  above; 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  

   the 
  pronotum 
  rounded, 
  not 
  divided 
  laterally; 
  thorax 
  punctured 
  like 
  

   the 
  head 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  mesepisternum 
  is 
  more 
  closely 
  so; 
  meta- 
  

   notum 
  rounded; 
  propodeum 
  with 
  a 
  defined 
  area, 
  posteriorly 
  with 
  a 
  

   strongmedian 
  carina, 
  which 
  is 
  divided 
  above, 
  leaving 
  a 
  fovea 
  just 
  below 
  

   the 
  metanotum; 
  abdomen 
  opaque, 
  finely 
  reticulate, 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  

   fully 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long, 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  slightly 
  wider 
  

   than* 
  long; 
  second 
  ventral 
  segment 
  truncate 
  anteriorly; 
  legs 
  normal. 
  

   Black; 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  between 
  the 
  

   antennse 
  and 
  eye, 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  behind 
  the 
  eye, 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   line 
  on 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  narrow 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  tegula, 
  tergites, 
  one 
  to 
  

   five 
  inclusive, 
  margins 
  of 
  sternites, 
  two 
  to 
  six 
  inclusive, 
  yellow; 
  head, 
  

   thorax, 
  and 
  first 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  clothed 
  with 
  long, 
  sparse, 
  yel- 
  

   lowish 
  hair; 
  wings 
  strongly 
  dusky; 
  venation 
  black. 
  

  

  Tincochaca, 
  Peru. 
  Female 
  collected 
  August 
  8, 
  1911, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  

   of 
  7,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  15106, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Family 
  VESPID^. 
  

   Genus 
  POLISTES 
  Latreille. 
  

  

  POUSTES 
  CANADENSIS 
  Linnaeus. 
  

  

  One 
  worker 
  collected 
  at 
  Panama. 
  

  

  POLISTES 
  CANADENSIS 
  variety 
  INFUSCATUS 
  Lepeletier. 
  

  

  Three 
  workers 
  collected 
  at 
  Huadquina, 
  Peru, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  

   5,000 
  feet. 
  Collected 
  July 
  26, 
  30, 
  1911. 
  

  

  POLISTES 
  VERSICOLOR 
  (Olivier). 
  

  

  Tlii-ee 
  workers 
  collected 
  at 
  Arequipa, 
  Peru, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  7,600 
  

   feet, 
  June 
  28, 
  1911. 
  These 
  represent 
  a 
  variety 
  with 
  the 
  ferruginous 
  

   replaced 
  by 
  black. 
  

  

  Genus 
  POLYBIA 
  Lepeletier. 
  

  

  POLYBIA 
  OCCIDENTALIS 
  Olivier. 
  

  

  One 
  male 
  collected 
  at 
  San 
  Miguel, 
  Peru, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  6,000 
  

   feet, 
  September 
  1, 
  1911. 
  

  

  