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  Mr. 
  G. 
  Meade-Waldo 
  on 
  

  

  A 
  well-marked 
  variety 
  of 
  P. 
  variabilis, 
  F., 
  all 
  the 
  black 
  

   markings 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  wanting. 
  The 
  pale 
  testaceous 
  

   markings 
  are 
  evidently 
  the 
  yellow 
  markings 
  of 
  typical 
  

   variabilis 
  much 
  reduced 
  in 
  intensity. 
  The 
  clypeus 
  is 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous, 
  not 
  yellow 
  as 
  in 
  P. 
  variabilis. 
  

  

  Polistes 
  phillipinensis, 
  Sauss. 
  

  

  Polities 
  phillipinensis, 
  Sauss. 
  Et. 
  Fani. 
  Vesp. 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  58. 
  

  

  Polistes 
  nigrifrons, 
  Cam. 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (7) 
  vol. 
  vi. 
  p. 
  412. 
  

  

  Cameron's 
  species 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Khasia 
  Hills, 
  according 
  to 
  

   his 
  description. 
  "Himalaya" 
  is 
  the 
  MS. 
  locality 
  on 
  the 
  

   label. 
  Dalla 
  Torre 
  gives 
  " 
  Japan 
  " 
  in 
  Gen. 
  Insect., 
  Fam. 
  

   Vespidse, 
  p. 
  71. 
  P. 
  rugifrons 
  is 
  a 
  colour-variety 
  of 
  P. 
  phil- 
  

   lipinensis, 
  probably 
  the 
  variety 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Saussure 
  as 
  

   " 
  Tout 
  l'insecte 
  plus 
  ou 
  moins 
  rougeatre." 
  Two 
  specimens, 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Whitehead 
  on 
  Cape 
  Eugano, 
  Luzon, 
  and 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Col. 
  Bingham 
  (Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  

   (6) 
  vol. 
  xvi. 
  p. 
  444), 
  belong 
  to 
  this 
  variety. 
  The 
  median 
  

   segment 
  of 
  Cameron's 
  type 
  is 
  too 
  mutilated 
  for 
  examination, 
  

   but, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  seen, 
  the 
  transverse 
  striation 
  is 
  very 
  

   deep. 
  

  

  Polistes 
  tepidus, 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  Polistes 
  tepidus, 
  Fabr. 
  Syst. 
  Entom. 
  p. 
  366. 
  no. 
  17 
  (1775). 
  

   Polistes 
  malayanus, 
  Cam. 
  Nova 
  Guinea, 
  v. 
  livr. 
  i. 
  p. 
  60 
  (1906). 
  

  

  A 
  comparison 
  with 
  the 
  type 
  in 
  the 
  Banksian 
  Collection 
  

   makes 
  it 
  evident 
  that 
  P. 
  malayanus 
  from 
  Manokwari, 
  New 
  

   Guinea, 
  is 
  typical 
  P. 
  tepidus. 
  

  

  Polistes 
  flavobilineata. 
  

  

  Icaria 
  flavobilineata, 
  Cam. 
  Journ. 
  Straits 
  Asiat. 
  Soc. 
  vol. 
  xxxvii. 
  p. 
  102 
  

   (1902). 
  

  

  Cameron's 
  species, 
  described 
  from 
  Borneo, 
  is 
  without 
  

   doubt 
  a 
  Polistes. 
  The 
  first 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  

   normal 
  shape 
  for 
  that 
  genus. 
  It 
  comes 
  very 
  near 
  to 
  P. 
  

   manillensis, 
  Sauss., 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines 
  and 
  Borneo. 
  Both 
  

   species 
  have 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  only 
  indistinctly 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  striate 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  slope. 
  

  

  Polistes 
  elegans, 
  Smith. 
  

   Polistes 
  elegans, 
  Smith, 
  Joura. 
  Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc, 
  Zool. 
  iii. 
  1858, 
  p. 
  169 
  

  

  Polistes 
  simulatus, 
  Smith, 
  Journ. 
  Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc, 
  Zool. 
  iv. 
  1860, 
  Suppl. 
  

   p. 
  130, 
  

  

  