114 HYMENOPTERA. 



Vespa Saxoiiica, Schwenkf. (Vespa major) Theriotr. Siles. 561. 

 Swamiiicrd. BihI. Nat. t. 26. f. 8. 

 Moiiff. T/ieat. Ins. 52. f. 1, 2. 

 Ray (Vespa sylvestris), Ins. 252. 

 Cloquet (Guepe commune), Fawwe des Midec.v.302. 304. 305. 



Hab. Em-ope. 



Probably many of the above quotations refer to the V. Ger- 

 manica, wliich has been usually regarded as a variety of V. vul- 

 garis, but it is impossible to determine this point satisfactorily. 



2. Vespa Germanica. B.M. 

 Vespa vulgaris, Muell. Edit. Linn. Ins. ii. 880. 4. t. 27. f. 3. 



Blanch. Regne Anim. t. 124. f. 5. 



Smith, Zool. i. l()2. 2f,a — -/. (var.) 

 Vespa maculata. Scop. Ent. Cam. no. 831 ? 



Christ. Hym. 240. 

 Vespa Germanica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 25G. \2 S ; Syst. Piez. 

 256. 10. 



St. Farg. Hijm. i. 515. 13. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 49. 20^. 



Herr.-Schcpff. Faun. Germ. 1/9. 2. p. 35. 



Smith, Zool. ix. ; Append, clxxvii. 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 116. 3. t. 14. f. 4, 4a-c. 



Hab. Europe. 



3. Vespa rufa. B.M. 



Vespa rufa, Linn. Faun. Suec. no. 1672; Syst. Nat. 949. 5. 



Fabr. Syst. Ent. 364. 10; Spec. Ins. i. 460. 11 ; Mant. Ins. 

 i. 388. 12; Ent. Syst. ii. 258. 15; Syst. Piez. 256. 13. 



Muell. Faun. Friedr. no. 636. 



Sulzer, Gesch. Ins. t. 27. f. 13. 



Schrank, Ins. Austr. 788. 



Villers, Ent. iii. 264. 3. 



Oliv. Encycl. Me'th. vi. 680. 51. 



Christ. Hym. 236. t. 22. f. 3. 



Latr. Hist. Nat. des Crust, et Ins. xiii. 352. 5. 



Zett. Ins. Lapp. 454. 4. 



St. Farg. Hym. i. 517. 15. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. xvi. t. 760. 



Herr.-Schcpff. Faun. Germ. 179. 5. p. 37. 



Blanch. Hist, des Ins. 62. t. 3. f. 1. 



Smith, Zool. i. 167. 3f,g,h,i. 



Menetr. Mem. Acud.Imp.des Sc. de St. Peters.vi. 304 (1848). 



Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 120. 4. t. 14. f. 5, 5 a. 



Ray (Vespa sylvestris, vulgari similis, &c.), Ins. 252. 

 Hab. Europe. 



