120 HYMENOPTERA. 



beneath. The outer margin of the wing-scales testaceous ; the 

 wings yellowish, hyaline, and with a dark stain on the anterior 

 margin of the superior pair towards their base ; the nervures pale 

 ferruginous, the costal nervure black; all the segments of the 

 abdomen, except the basal one, broadly margined with yellow. 



Hab. Singapore. (Coll. A. Wallace, Esq.) 



This species somewhat resembles the Vespa velutina, from 

 which it is distinguished by having a larger head, which is wider 

 than the thorax ; the basal segment of the abdomen is propor- 

 tionably much longer, with its basal margin regularly rounded ; 

 and the antennae are also shorter. 



22. VESPA DORYLLOIDES. B.M. 



Vespa anomala, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 112. 1. t. 14. f. 2. 

 Vespa dorylloides, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. Supp. 256. 



Hab. Java; Tenasserim; East India; Sumatra. 



23. VESPA ALDUINI. 



Vespa Alduini, Guerin, Voy. de la Coquille, Ins. t. 9. f. 6. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 154. 38. 

 Vespa bimaculata, Guerin, Voy. de la Coquille, 264. 



Hab. Java. 



Probably a small variety of V. cincta (Saussure). 



24. VESPA BELLICOSA. B.M. 

 Vespa bellicosa, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 146. 28. t. 14. f. 10. 

 Hab. Java. 



25. VESPA CRABRONIFORMIS. B.M. 



Vespa crabroniformis, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new ser. 

 ii. p. 40. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 145. 27. 



Hab. North China. 



26. VESPA MANDARINIA. B.M. 



Vespa mandarinia, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new ser. t. 8. f.l. 

 Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 150. 34. 



Hab. China (Shanghai). (Coll. R. Fortune, Esq.) 



