102 Mr. G. Meade-Waldo on 



A well-marked variety of P. variabilis, F., all the black 

 markings of which are wanting. The pale testaceous 

 markings are evidently the yellow markings of typical 

 variabilis much reduced in intensity. The clypeus is ferru- 

 ginous, not j^ellow as in P. variabilis. 



Polistes phiUipinensis, Sauss. 



Polistes 'phiUipinensis, Sauss, Et. Fam. Vesp. vol. ii. p. 58. 



Polistes nigrifrons, Cam. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vol. vi. p. 412. 



Cameron's species is from the Khasia Hills, according to 

 his description. "Himalaya'' is the MS. locality on the 

 label. Dalla Torre gives '^ Japan" in Gen. Insect., Fam. 

 Vespidse, p. 71. P. rugifrons is a colour-variety of P. phil- 

 lipinensis, probably the variety mentioned by Saussure as 

 " Tout I'insecte plus ou moins rougeatre." Two specimens, 

 collected by Whitehead on Cape Engano, Luzon, and deter- 

 mined by the late Col. Bingham (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (6) vol. xvi. p. 444), belong to this variety. The median 

 segment of Cameron's type is too mutilated for examination, 

 but, as far as can be seen, the transverse striation is very 

 deep. 



Polistes tepidus, Fabr. 



Polistes tepidus, Fabr. Syst. Entom. p. 366. no. 17 (1775). 

 Polistes malayanus, Cam. Nova Guinea, v. livr. i. p. 60 (1906). 



A comparison with the type in the Banksian Collection 

 makes it evident that P. malayanus from Manokwari, New 

 Guinea, is typical P. tepidus. 



Polistes flavobilineata. 



Icariaflavohilineata, Cam. Journ. Straits Asiat. Soc. vol. xxxvii. p. 102 

 (1902). 



Cameron's species, described from Borneo, is without 

 doubt a Polistes. The first abdominal segment is of the 

 normal shape for that genus. It comes very near to P. 

 manillensis, Sauss., from the Philippines and Borneo. Both 

 species have the median segment only indistinctly trans- 

 versely striate on the posterior slope. 



Polistes elegans, Smith. 

 Polistes elegans, Smith, Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc, Zool. iii. 1858, p. 169 



Polistes simulatus, Smith, Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc, Zool. iv. 1860, Suppl. 

 p. 130. 



