114 HYMENOPTERA. 



Vespa Saxonica, Schwenkf. (Vespa major) Theriotr. Siles. 561. 



Swammerd. Bibl. Nat. t. 26. f. 8. 



Mouff. Theat. Ins. 52. f. 1, 2. 



Ray (Vespa sylvestris), Ins. 252. 



Cloquet (Guepe commune), Faune des Medec. v.302. 304. 305. 

 Hab. Europe. 



Probably many of the above quotations refer to the V. Ger- 

 manica, which has been usually regarded as a variety of V. vul- 

 garis, but it is impossible to determine this point satisfactorily. 



2. VESPA GERMANICA. B.M. 

 Vespa vulgaris, MuelL Edit. Linn. Ins. ii. 880. 4. t. 27. f. 3, 



Blanch. Regne Anim. t. 124. f. 5. 



Smith, Zool. i. 162. 2f,af. (var.) 

 Vespa maculata. Scop. Ent. Cam. no. 831 ? 



Christ. Hym. 240. 



Vespa Germanica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 256. 12<?; Syst. Piez. 

 256. 10. 



St. Farg. Hym. i. 515. 13. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 49. 20 $ . 



Herr.-Schceff. Faun. Germ. 179. 2. p. 35. 



Smith f Zool. ix. ; Append, clxxvii. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 116. 3. t. 14. f. 4, 4 a-c. 

 Ha&. Europe. 



3. VESPA RUFA. B.M. 

 Vespa rufa, Linn. Faun. Suec. no. 1672; Syst. Nat. 949. 5. 



Fabr. Syst. Ent. 364. 10; Spec. Ins. i. 460. 11 ; Mant. Ins. 



i. 388. 12; Ent. Syst. ii. 258. 15; Syst. Piez. 256. 13. 

 Muell. Faun. Friedr. no. 636. 

 Stoker, Gesch. Ins. t. 27. f. 13. 

 Schrank, Ins. Austr. 788. 

 Villers, Ent. iii. 264. 3. 

 Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 680. 51. 

 Christ. Hym. 236. t. 22. f. 3. 

 Lotfr. Hw. Nat. des Crust, et Ins. xiii. 352. 5. 

 Zett. Ins. Lapp. 454. 4. 

 Sf. Far?. Hym. i. 517- 15. 

 Cttrfw, Brit. Ent. xvi. t. 760. 

 Herr.-Schaff. Faun. Germ. 179. 5. p. 37. 

 Blanch. Hist, des Ins. 62. t. 3. f. 1. 

 SmY/i, Zoo/, i. 167. 3/, g, h, i. 



Menetr. Mem. Aead.Imp.des Sc. de St. Peters.vi. 304 (1848). 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 120. 4. t. 14. f. 5, 5 a. 

 Ray (Vespa sylvestris, vulgari similis, &e.), Ins. 252. 

 Hab. Europe, 



