112 HYMENOPTERA. 



obscure spots on the scutellum, and two narrow longitudinal 

 lines on the metathorax, yellow ; the metathorax is delicately 

 striated transversely and has a deeply impressed fovea in the 

 middle ; the legs ferruginous, with the intermediate and posterior 

 coxae and femora, and also the posterior tibia3 behind, black. 

 Abdomen ferruginous, with the base of the first and second 

 segments black ; their apical margins with a narrow yellow fascia; 

 beneath, the margins of all the segments with a yellow fascia. 



Hob. Mexico. 



68. POLISTES MINOR. 



Polistes minor, Palis, de Beauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. 207 t. 8. 

 f. 3. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 96. 57. t. 11. f. 3. 

 Polistes Poeyi, St. Farg. Hym. i. 532. 20. 



Hob. Cuba. 



Genus 7- APOICA. 



Vespa, pt., Oliv. Encycl. Meth. Ins. vi. 675 (1791). 

 Polistes, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 2/6 (1804). 

 Apoica, St. Farg. Hym. i. 536 (1836). 



1. APOICA PALLIDA. B.M. 



Vespa pallida, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. Ins. vi. 675. 26. 

 Polistes pallens, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 276. 35. 

 Apoica pallida, St. Farg. Hym. i. 538. 2. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 107. 1. t. 18. f. 1. 



Hob. Brazil (Para) ; South America ; Cayenne; Buenos Ayres. 



2. APOICA VIRGINEA. B.M. 



Polistes virginea, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 277- 37. 

 Apoica bilineolata, St. Farg. Hym. i. 537. 1. 

 Apoica virginea, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 107. 2. t. 18. f. 2. 



Hob. South America. 



3. APOICA ARBOREA. 



Apoica arborea, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 108. 3. t. 26. f. 1. 

 Hab. South America. (Coll. J. S. Baly, Esq.) 



4. APOICA CUBITALTS. 



Apoica cubitalis, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc, 109. 4. t. 18. f. 3. 

 Hab. Bahia. 



