HYMENOPTERA. 



Genus 8. VESPA. 



113 



Vespa, pt., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 948 (1766). 

 Crabro, pt., Christ. Hym. 217 (1791). 

 Sphex, pt., Sulz. Hist. Ins. (1761). 



Dxv. I. — Species of Europe. 



1. Vespa vulgaris. B.M. 



Vespa vulgaris, Linn. Faun. Suec. 415. no. 1671 ; Syst. Nat. i. 

 949. 4 ; ? . Mus. Linn. Soc. 



Scop. Ent. Cam. 825. 



De Geer, Ins. ii. pt. 2. 766. t. 26. f. 1-15. . 



Fabr. Syst. Ent. 364. 9; Spec. Ins. i. 460. 9; Mant. Ins. i. 

 287. 10 ; Ent. Syst. ii. 25G. 10 ; Syst. Piez. 255. 9. 



Muell. Faun. Fried, no. 635. 



Harris, Expos. Enxjl. Ins. 128. t. 37. f. 5. 



Frisch, Ins. ix. t. 12. f. 2. 



Schrank; Enum. Ins. Austr. no. 787- 



Schceff. Elem. Ins. t. 130; Icon. Ins. t. 35. f. 4. 



Fourc. Ent. Par. ii. 430. 2. 



Villers, Entom. iii. 263. 2. 



Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 83. 861. 



Christ. Hym. 236. t. 22. f. 2. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 49. 19. 



Don. Brit. Ins. vii. t. 2()6. 



Latr. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. i. 288 ; Hist. Nat. des Crust, et 

 Ins. xiii. 351. 3. 



Zett. Ins. Lapp. 453. 2. 



Walck. Faun. Par. ii. 91. 4. 



Bing. Anim. Biog. iii. 341. 



Stew. Elem. Nat. Hist. ii. 238. 



Lamarck, Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert. iv. 88. 2. 



Samouelle, Compend. 280. 2. 



Kirby Sf Spence, Introd. Ent. ii. 106. 



Kirby, Faun. Bor. Amer. 263? 



BruUe, Hist. Nat. 11. Canar. ii. pt. 2. 89. 



St. Farg. Hym. i. 516. 14. t. 10. 



Herr.-ScJiceff. Faun. Germ. 179. 3 a. p. 36. 



Smith, Zool. i. U2.i.2a-f. 



Blanch. Hist, des Ins. i. 62. t. 3. f. 3. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 113. t. 14. f. 3, 3 a-e. 

 Vespa Saxonica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 256. 12 <J? 



Aristot. Hist. An. i. ix. 41. 



Plin. Hist. Nat. i. xi. c. 21. 



Aldrov. Ins. 198. 



