PLATE CCCCLXVIII. 
FTG: oF 
VESPA FLAVICINCTA. 
YELLOW BANDED WASP. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
- GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Mouth horny, jaws compreffed: feelers four, unequal : antenne 
filiform, with the firft jomt long and cylindrical: eyes lunate: body 
glabrous: fimg pungent, and concealed: upper wings folded in both 
fexes. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Y ESPA FLAVICINCTA. Antenne yellow, the extreme half black : 
head and thorax black, with yellow fcutel : abdo- 
men black banded with yellow. 
A fpecimen of this infe&t oecurs in the cabinet of Mr. Drury, with- 
out any information relative to its capture. It is a fpecies of the mid- 
dle fize as appears from the figure in the upper part of our plate, 
which exhibits the natural fize. This infect is not noticed in the 
works of any writer that we are acquainted with. 
VOL. XIII. is; FIG. 
