452 Mr. G. Meade-AYaldo on 



Head (except clypeus and mandibles), thorax, and abdomen 

 very finely punctured. Covered with a short, greyish, incon- 

 spicuous pubescence. 



Length 9 mm. 



JIab. Mimiica River, August 1910; 1 ^ . 



POLISTES, Latr. 

 16. PoUstes nigrifrons, Smith. 



Polistes nigrifrons. Smith, Jouru. Proc. Linn. Soc, Zool. iii. 168. no. 4 

 (1858). 



1 ? , Mimika River ; July 1910. 



Smith reports it from Waigiou and Aru ( Wallace) . 



17. PoUstes sp. 



18. PoUstes variabilis, F. 

 PoUstes variabilis, F. Spec. Insect, i. p. 406. no. 46 (1781). 



1 ? , Wataikwa River; August 1910. 



An Australian species — Queensland : Inkerman, near 

 Townsville {W. Stalker) ; Mackay {Turner); Port Darwin 

 and Bathurst Island [J. J. Walker). 



19. PoUstes tepid us, F. 

 PoUstes tejndus, F. Syst. Eatom. p. 366. no. 17 (1775). 



3 $ , Miraika River ; July and August 1910. 



Australia: Queensland (vav, facilis, Sauss.), Cooktown, 

 Cairns, and Mackay {Turner) ; Victoria [French) ; Darnley 

 Island ; Lizard Island. New Guinea, Manokwari ( Wich- 

 mami) ; New Pomerania (Ribbe) (race novce-pomeranice , 

 ISchuiz) ; Solomon Islands (IF. IF. Froggatt) ; Key Island, 

 Aru, Bachiau, Waigiou [Wallace). 



Vespa, L. 



20. Vespa cincta, F., var. offinis, F. 

 Vespa cincta, ¥., var. affinis, F. Mant. Ins. i. p. 287. no. '2 (1787). 



2 ^ , Wataikwa River ; August 1910. 



Widely distributed throughout tiie Eastern Archipelago. 



