112 KINCAID [5 IQ ] 



Family VESPIDJB. 



Vespa marginata Kirby. 



Vespa marginata KIRBY, Faun. Bor. Am., iv, p. 265, 1837. 



Two females and a worker, Kukak Bay, Alaska, July 3. Recorded 

 from British Columbia. 



Vespa borealis Kirby. 

 Vespa borealis KIRBY, Faun. Bor. Am., iv, p. 264, 1837. 



Three females and three workers, Sitka, June 15 ; Virgin Bay, 

 June. Recorded from British Columbia. 



Family EUMENHXE. 



Odynerus albophaleratus Saussure. 



Odynents albophaleratus SAUSSURE, Synop. Am. Wasps, Sol., p. 191, 1875. 



Seven females and nine males, Kukak Bay, July 3 ; Saldovia, July 

 21 ; Fox Point, July 28. The species is widely distributed through- 

 out the United States and is recorded from the Pacific coast as far 

 north as Washington. The coloration varies considerably, and in 

 most of the Alaska specimens the clypeus is either pure black or else 

 a couple of small yellow spots are present on the anterior margin. 



