HYMENOPTERA. 



119 



Vespa bicolor, Gmelin, Edit. Linn. i. 2750. 40. 

 Oliv. Encycl. MM. vi. 680. 53. 

 St. Faro. Hym. i. 512. 10. 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 143. 25. 



Hab. India; China. 



16. VESPA VELUTINA. B.M. 



Vespa velutina, St. Farg. Hym. i. 507. 4. 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 144. 26. 



Hab. India; Java; China. 



17. VESPA AURARIA. B.M. 

 Vespa auraria, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new ser. ii. 46. 



t. 8. f. 8. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 147. 29. 



Hab. Northern India. 



18. VESPA OBLITERATA. B.M. 



Vespa obliterata, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new ser. ii. 47. 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 149. 32. 



Hab. Northern India. 



This species will in all probability prove to be the worker of 

 Vespa basalis. 



19. VESPA BASALIS. B.M. 



Vespa basalis, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new ser. ii. 46. 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 148. 31. 



Hab. India (Nepaul). 



20. VESPA MAGNIFICA. B.M. 



Vespa magnifica, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new ser. i. 45. 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 155. 40. t. 13. f.3 ? . 



Hab. India (Nepaul, Landoor). 



21. VESPA TYRANNICA. B.M. 



Worker or female. Length 9 lines. Black : the head and 

 thorax with a thin black pubescence ; covered with fine change- 

 able velvety pile ; the clypeus emarginate in front, the angles of 

 the emargination rounded; the mandibles, cheeks, clypeus, a 

 trifid spot above and the inner orbit of the eyes, orange ; tips 

 of the mandibles and inner margin, black ; the antennae fulvous 



