50 Mr. G. Meade-Waldo on 



truncate, surface of truncation of median segment laterally 

 rounded. 



Abdomen shining, first segment considerably narrower 

 than second. Punctured, head and thorax coarsely, except 

 postscutellum ; postscutelluui and abdomen minutely punc- 

 tured. Covered with an irregular, long, pale pile, thickest on 

 vertex and median segment. 



Length 10^ mm. 



Tibet: Phari (15,000 feet) to Gyangtse (13,000 feet) ; 

 June 1904 {H.J. Walton). 



6 ? ?, 5 c? <?. 



(J. Differs from the female in having the following parts 

 pale yellow : clypeus, scape beneath, lower part of the sinus 

 of eye, mandibles along the outer edge, all the tibiae on the 

 outer side, and a spot on the anterior femora on outer side at 

 apex. Last four joints of antennaj testaceous ; last joint of 

 tarsi and claws ferrugineous. 



Tlie seventh tergite is emarglnate at apex. 



Notes on the Vespidse of the Sjostedt Kilimanjaro-Meru 

 E.vped'uion. 



Through the courtesy of Dr. Sjostedt it has been possible 

 to examine the collection of Vespidse made daring his 

 Kilimanjaro-Meru Expedition (1905-1906). 



This collection was worked out by P. Cameron, and \]\q 

 results published in Sjostedt's ' Zoologische Kih"mandjaro- 

 Meru Expedition/ Bd. ii. Abt. 8, pp. 169-196 (1910). 



As is unfortunately often the case with this author, the work 

 done is to be deplored, since it is only too evident that every 

 insect not recognized at the first glance has been described 

 as new, 



Tlie Vespidge are a widely spread and abundant family, 

 and after every allowance has been made for the excellence of 

 the localities visited, it is surely suri)rising to be told that of 

 foriy-tivo species collected by the Expedition no less than thirty- 

 jive are new to science ! 



Under the circumstances it is hardly surprising that a 

 considerable amount of synonymy has been created. 



EvMBNIDm^. 



Labus, Sauss. 

 Lahis annulipes, Cam. I. c. p. 182 (1910). 



Lahus fragilis, M.-Waldo, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) viii. 

 p. 452 (1911). 



