112 HVMENOPTERA. 



obscure spots on the scutcllum, and two narrow longitudinal 

 lines on the uiotuthorax. yellow ; the metathorax is delicately 

 striated transversely and has a deeply impressed fovea in the 

 middle : the legs ferruginous, with the intermediate and posterior 

 coxa; and femora, and also the jjosterior tibia; behind, black. 

 Abdomen ferruginous, with the base of the first and second 

 segments black ; their apical margins with a narrow yellow fascia; 

 beneath, the margins of all the segments with a yellow fascia. 



Hab. Mexico. 



68. POLISTES MINOR. 



Polistes minor, Palis, de Beauv. Ins. d'Afr. et d'Amer. 20/. t. 8. 

 f. 3. 



Sauss. Mon. Gxiepes Soc. .•)(). 67. t. 11. f. 3. 

 Polistes Poeyi, St. Farg. Hym. i. 532. 20. 



Hab. Cuba. 



Genus 7- APOICA. 



Vespa, pt., OUv. Encycl. Meth. Ins. vi. 675 (1791). 

 Pohstes, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 2JG (1804). 

 Apoica, St. Farg. Hym. i. 536 (1836). 



1. Apoica pallida. B.M, 



Vespa pallida, OUv. Encycl. Meth. Ins. vi. 675. 26. 

 Polistes pallens, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 2/6. 35. 

 Apoica paUida, St. Farg, Hym. i. 538. 2. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 107. 1. t. 18. f. 1. 



Hab. Brazil (Para) ; South America ; Cayenne; Buenos Ayres. 



2. Apoica virginea. B.M, 



Polistes virginea, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 277- 37. 

 Apoica bilmeolata, St. Farg. Hym. i. 537. 1. 

 Apoica virginea, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 107. 2. t. 18. f. 2. 



Hab. South America. 



3. Apoica arborea. 



Apoica arborea, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 108. 3. t. 26. f. I. 

 Hab. South America. (Coll. J. S. Baly, Esq.) 



4. Apoica cubitalts. 



Apoica cubitalis, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 109. 4. t. 18. f. 3. 

 Hub. Bahia. 



