HYMENOPTERA. 43 



if it be a variety, it must, I think, be so of A. ephippium : this 

 point must be left for future determination by some entomolo- 

 gist resident in Australia who can cai'efully observe the habits 

 of the insect. 



3. Abispa splendida. B.M, 



Odynerus splendidus, Guer. Voy. Coq. Ins. 265. 



Monorchia splendida, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol. 99. 1. 



Abispa splendida, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol. Supp. 169. t. 15. f. 8. 



Hub. Austraha; Tasmania. 



Genus 14. RHYNCHIUM. 



Vespa, pt., Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 265 (1793). 



Pohstes, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 273 (1804). 



Rygchium, Spin. Ins. Ligur. i. (1806). 



Odynerus, pt., Guer. Voy. Ind. Or. de Belanger, Zool. 503 (1834). 



Rhynchium, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol. Supp. 170 (1854-56). 



Ancistrocerus, pt.. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Sujjp. u. s. ii. 36. 



Div. I. — Species of Europe. 



1. Rhynchium oculatum. B.M 



Vespa oculata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. 463 ; Mant. Ins. i. 289. 35 ; 

 Ent. Syst. ii. 265. 43. 



Oliv. Encycl. Me'th. vi. 685. 



Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 85. 



Villers, Ent. iii. 235. 21. 

 Rygchium Europeum, Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 86. 



Latr. Gen. Crust, et his. iv. 139. 



St. Farg. Hym. ii. 680. 2. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol. 107. 8. 

 Rygchium Lefevrei, St. Farg. Hym. ii. 679. I (var.). 



Hab. Central Europe ; Italy ; Algeria. 



Div. II. — Species of India and China. 



2. Rhynchium xitidulum. B.M. 



Vespa nitidula, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 262. 44 ; Syst. Piez. 260. 



35. 

 Rygchium nitidulum, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol. 105. 5. 



Hab. India. 



