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  Mi. 
  G. 
  Meade-Waldo 
  on 
  

  

  B. 
  Small 
  species, 
  11-15 
  mm. 
  

  

  a. 
  Antennas 
  entirely 
  ferruginous. 
  

   a 
  2 
  . 
  Median 
  segment 
  black. 
  

  

  a 
  3 
  . 
  Abdominal 
  segments 
  1-3 
  bordered 
  

   with 
  yellow 
  ; 
  no 
  red 
  markings 
  on 
  

   abdominal 
  segment 
  2: 
  length 
  13 
  mm. 
  tricolor, 
  Sauss. 
  

   b 
  3 
  . 
  Abdomen 
  entirely 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  abdo- 
  

   minal 
  segment 
  1 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  [ensis, 
  Sauss.) 
  1 
  ,. 
  

   apical 
  yellow 
  fascia 
  : 
  length 
  12 
  mm. 
  humilis, 
  F. 
  (tasmani- 
  

   P. 
  Median 
  segment 
  with 
  two 
  parallel 
  

   yellow 
  lines 
  on 
  posterior 
  surface. 
  

   a 
  2 
  . 
  Abdominal 
  segments 
  1,3 
  with 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  yellow 
  apical 
  bands. 
  

   a 
  3 
  . 
  Abdominal 
  segments 
  1, 
  2 
  black 
  at 
  [Sauss. 
  

  

  base 
  : 
  length 
  12 
  mm 
  variabilis, 
  var. 
  syncecus^. 
  

  

  b 
  3 
  . 
  Abdominal 
  segments 
  1, 
  2 
  reddish 
  

  

  brown 
  : 
  length 
  14 
  mm 
  bernardii, 
  Le 
  Guill. 
  

  

  b 
  2 
  . 
  Abdominal 
  segments 
  1-5 
  with 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  yellow 
  apical 
  bands; 
  yellow 
  

  

  thoracic 
  markings 
  indistinct: 
  length 
  [M.-Waldo„ 
  

  

  11 
  mm 
  variabilis, 
  var. 
  regince, 
  

  

  b. 
  Antennse 
  black 
  above, 
  ferruginous 
  beneath. 
  

  

  Median 
  segment 
  with 
  two 
  parallel 
  yellow 
  

   lines 
  on 
  posterior 
  surface 
  ; 
  abdominal 
  

   segments 
  1, 
  3, 
  4 
  bordered 
  with 
  yellow 
  : 
  

   length 
  llf 
  mm 
  variabilis, 
  F. 
  

  

  The 
  length 
  given 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment. 
  In 
  two 
  species 
  (P. 
  ery- 
  

   thrinus 
  and 
  P. 
  bernardii), 
  of 
  which 
  specimens 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   available 
  for 
  examination, 
  the 
  length 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  has 
  been 
  quoted. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  P. 
  erythrinus 
  the 
  total 
  

   length 
  (24 
  mm.) 
  has 
  evidently 
  been 
  given, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  probably 
  

   the 
  case 
  with 
  P. 
  syncecus. 
  

  

  No 
  specimen 
  of 
  P. 
  picteti 
  from 
  Australia 
  was 
  available,, 
  

   the 
  whole 
  series 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Collection 
  coming 
  from 
  

   Ceram, 
  Amboyna, 
  and 
  Celebes. 
  

  

  Vespa, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Vespa 
  wilemani, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Caput 
  thoraxque 
  fusco-ferruginei, 
  valde 
  hirsuti 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  nigrum,, 
  

   flavo 
  variegatum, 
  pedibus 
  flavis, 
  alis 
  aureis. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  dark 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  mandibles, 
  clypeus,. 
  

   and 
  interantennal 
  space 
  yellow. 
  Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  abdo- 
  

   minal 
  segment 
  1 
  marked 
  with 
  ferruginous 
  at 
  base, 
  and 
  with 
  

   a 
  narrow 
  apical 
  yellow 
  fascia 
  ; 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  2 
  and 
  3. 
  

   with 
  narrow 
  yellow 
  fasciae 
  on 
  tergites 
  and 
  broad 
  yellow 
  

   fascia? 
  on 
  sternites 
  ; 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  4 
  broadly 
  banded 
  

  

  