128 HYMENOPTEKA. 



30. POLYBIA ANCEPS. B.M. 



Polybia anceps, Sauss. Mon. Gucpes Soc. 190.30. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



31. Polybia xanthopus. 



Polybia xanthopus, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 190. 31. 

 Hab. Mexico. 



32. Polybia co.nstructor. 



Polybia constructor, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 191. 32. t. 23. f. 6. 

 Hab. South America. 



33. Polybia scutellaris. B.M, 



Mvrapetra scutellaris. White, Ann. 8j- Mag. Nat. Hist. vii. 315. 



t.4. f. 4-7. 

 Polybia scutellaris, Sauss. Mon. Gucpes Soc. 192. 33. t. 23. f. 4. 



Hab. Brazil. 



34. Polybia pygMvEA. B.M. 



Vespa pygmffia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 283. 102. 



Polistes pygmica, Fabr. Sijst. Piez. 280. 53. 



Polybia pygmea, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 193. 34. t. 23. f. 5. 



Hah. Cayenne. 



.35. Polybia occidentalis. B.M. 



Vespa occidentalis, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 675. 31. 



M\Taptera eleaans, Cvrtis,Trans. Linn. Soc. Loud. xix. 257. t.3L 



f. 8, & •:) (the nest). 

 Polybia occidentalis, Sauss. Mon. Gucpes Soc. 194. 35. 



Hab. Brazil. 



36. Polyba pallidi-pectus. B.M. 



Male. Length 5^ lines. — Black : the clypeus, face as high as 

 the insertion of the antennae, the scape in front, the mandibles 

 and outer orbit of the eyes, sulphur-yellow ; the ilagellum be- 

 neath orange. Thorax : a narrow line on the anterior margin 

 of the prothorax, another on its posterior margin, a similar 

 narrow line at the base of the scutellum and post-scutellum, 

 and also two hnes running from the s; utellum to the base of the 

 posterior wings, yellow ; two oblique lines at the base of the 



