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EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



PLATE I. 



Fig. 



1. Par agia pictifr ons. 



2. Stenoglossa Odyner aides. 



3. Gayella Mutilloides. 



4. Raphiglossa Natalensis. 



5. Smithia Natalensis. 



PLATE II. 



Fig. 



1. Zethus lobulatus. 



2. Discoelius insignis. 



3. Zethus ( Calligaster) gigas. 



4. Eumenes multipictus. 



5. Pachymenes chrysothorax. 



PLATE III. 



Fig. 



1. Rhynchium Grayi. 



2. Monobia angulosa. 



3. Montezumia Indica. 



4. Pterochilus insignis. 



5. Leptochilus denticulatus. 



PLATE IV. 



Fig. 



1. Alastor flavipes. 



2. Belonogaster Guineensis. 



3. Mischocyttarus Smithii. 



4. Ischnogaster micans. 



Fig. 



PLATE V. 



Fig. 



1. Polybiaflavitarsis. 



2. Nectarina Smithii. 



3. Synwca testacea. 



4. Vespa mandarinia. 



PLATE VI. 



n* 



1 . Nest of Eumenes tinctor. Constructed of mud and suspended 



in stems of grass. 



2. Nest of Synagris mirabilis. Constructed of sandy loam. 



3. Nest of Synagris calida. Constructed of sandy loam. 



4. Nest of Pelopceus chalybeus. Constructed of the excrement 



of cows or horses. 



5. Nest of Mischocyttarus labiatus. Constructed of the scrapings 



of wood. 



6. Nest of Icaria guttatipennis. Constructed of the scrapings of 



-vood. 



7. Nest of a species of Eumenes. Constructed of mud and at- 



tached to a reed. 



