104 Mr. G. Meade-Waldo on 



B. Small species, 11-15 mm. 



a. Antennae entirely ferruginous. 

 a^. Median segment black. 



a% Abdominal segments 1-3 bordered 

 with yellow ; no red markings on 

 abdoininal segment 2: length 13 mm. tricolor, Sauss. 

 b^. Abdomen entirely ferruginous ; abdo- 

 minal segment 1 with a narrow [ensis, Sausa.),. 

 apical yellow fascia : length 12 mm, humilis, F. (tasmani- 

 6*. Median segment with two parallel 

 yeUow lines on posterior surface, 

 a^ Abdominal segments 1, 3 witb trans- 

 verse yellow apical bands. 

 a'. Abdominal segments 1, 2 black at [Sauss* 



base : length 12 mm variabilis, var. synoecusj. 



P. Abdominal segments 1, 2 reddish 



brown : length 14 mm bernardii, Le Guill. 



6*. Abdominal segments 1-5 with trans- 

 verse yellow apical bands; yeUow 

 thoracic markings indistinct : length [M.-Waldo. 



11 mm variabilis, var. regince, 



h. Antennse black above, ferruginous beneath. 

 Median segment with two parallel yellow 

 lines on posterior surface ; abdominal 

 segments 1, 3, 4 bordered with yeUow : 

 length 11^ mm variabilis, F. 



The length given is from the front of the head to the apes 

 of the second abdominal segment. In two species {P. erij- 

 thrimis and P. bernardii), of which specimens have not been 

 available for examination, the length as given in the descrip- 

 tion has been quoted. In the case of P. erythrinus the total 

 length (24 mm.) has evidently been given, and this is probably 

 the case with P. syncecus. 



No specimen of P. picteti from Australia was available, 

 the whole series in the National Collection coming from 

 Ceram, Amboyna, and Celebes. 



Vespa, Linn. 



Vespa wilemani, sp. n. 



Caput thoraxque fusco-ferruginei, valde hirsuti ; abdomen nigrum^ 

 flavo variegatum, pedibus flavis^ alis aureis. 



? . Head and thorax dark ferruginous ; mandibles, clypeus,. 

 and interanteunal space yellow. Abdomen black; abdo- 

 minal segment 1 marked with ferruginous at base, and with 

 a narrow apical yellow fascia ; abdominal segments 2 and 3-. 

 with narrow yellow fascise on tergites and broad yellow 

 fascise on sternites; abdominal segment 4 broadly banded 



