HYMENOPTERA. 43 



if it be a variety, it must, I think, be so of A. ephippium : this 

 point must be left for future determination by some entomolo- 

 gist resident in Australia who can carefully observe the habits 

 of the insect. 



3. ABISPA SPLENDIDA. B.M. 



Odynerus splendidus, Guer. Voy. Coq. Ins. 265. 



Monorebia splendida, Sauss. Mon. Gucpes Sol. 99. 1. 



Abispa splendida, Sauss. Mon. Gucpes Sol. Supp. 169. t. 15. f. 8. 



Hab. Australia; Tasmania. 



Genus 14. RHYNCHIUM. 



Vespa, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 265 (1793). 



Polistes, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 273 (1804). 



Rygchium, Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. (1806). 



Odynerus, pt., Guer. Voy. Ind. Or. de Belanger, Zool 503 (1834). 



Rhynchium, Sauss. Mon. Gucpes Sol. Supp. 170 (1854-56). 



Ancistrocerus, pt., Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Supp. n. s. ii. 36. 



Div. I. Species of Europe. 



1. RHYNCHIUM OCULATUM. B.M 



Vespa oculata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. 463 ; Mant. Ins. i. 289. 35 ; 

 Ent. Syst. ii. 265. 43. 



Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 685. 



Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 85. 



Villers,Ent. iii. 235. 21. 

 Rygchium Europeum, Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 86. 



Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 139. 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 680. 2. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol. 107. 8. 

 Rygchium Lefevrei, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 679. I (var.). 



Hab. Central Europe ; Italy ; Algeria. 



Div. II. Species of India and China. 



2. RHYNCHIUM NITIDULUM. B.M. 



Vespa nitidula, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 262. 44 ; Syst. Piez. 260. 



35. 

 Rygchium nitidulum, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol. 105. 5. 



Hab. India. 



