HYMENOPTERA. 113 



Genus 8. VESPA. 



Vespa, pt., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 948 (1766). 

 Crabro, pt., Christ. Hym. 217 (1791). 

 Sphex, pt., Sulz. Hist. Ins. (1761). 



Div. I. Species of Europe. 9 



1. VESPA VULGARIS. B.M. 



Vespa vulgaris, Linn. Faun. Suec. 415. no. 1671 ; Syst. Nat. i. 

 949.4; ?, Mus. Linn. Soc. 

 Scop. Ent. Cam. 825. 

 De Geer, Ins. ii. pt. 2. 766. t. 26. f. 1-15. 

 Fabr. Syst. Ent. 364. 9; Spec. Ins. i. 460. 9; Mant. Ins. i. 



287. 10; Ent. Syst. ii. 256. 10; Syst. Piez. 255. 9. 

 Muell. Faun. Fried, no. 635. 

 Harris, Expos. Engl. Ins. 128. t. 37. f. 5. 

 Frisch, Ins. ix. t. 12. f. 2. 

 Schrank, Enum. Ins. Austr. no. 787. 

 Schaff. Elem. Ins. t. 130; Icon. Ins. t. 35. f. 4. 

 Fourc. Ent. Par. ii. 430. 2. 

 Villers, Entom. iii. 263. 2. 

 Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 83. 861. 

 Christ. Hym. 236. t. 22. f. 2. 

 Panz. Faun. Germ. 49. 19. 

 Don. Brit. Ins. vii. t. 266. 

 Latr. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. i. 288 ; Hist. Nat. des Crust, et 



Ins. xiii. 351. 3. 

 Zett. Ins. Lapp. 453. 2. 

 Walck. Faun. Par. ii. 91. 4. 

 Bing. Anim. Bioa. iii. 341. 

 Stew. Elem. Nat. Hist. ii. 238. 

 Lamarck, Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert. iv. 88. 2. 

 Samouelle, Compend. 280. 2. 

 Kirby fy Spence, Introd. Ent. ii. 106. 

 Kirby, Faun. Bor. Amer. 263? 

 Brulle, Hist. Nat. 11. Canar. ii. pt. 2. 89. 

 St. Farg. Hym. i. 516. 14. t. 10. 

 Herr.-Schajf. Faun. Germ, 179. 30. p. 36. 

 Smith, Zoo/, i. 162. f. 2 -/. 

 Blanch. Hist, des Ins. i. 62. t. 3. f. 3. 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 113. t. 14. f. 3, 3 a-e. 

 Vespa Saxonica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 256. 12<?? 

 Aristot. Hist. An. i. ix. 41. 

 Plin. Hist. Nat. i. xi. c. 21. 

 Aldrov. Ins. 198. 



