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14. Tngona longipes. (Manvel d'Abreu.) 

 T. capite thoraceque nigris ; abdomine pedibusque pailide fer- 



rugineis, tibiis posticis apicibus nigris. 

 Worker. Length 2 lines. Head and thorax black ; the inner 

 orbits of the eyes, the clypeus and a minute spot above it, the 

 labrum and mandibles, yellow ; the base of the mandibles and the 

 anterior margin of the clypeus fuscous ; the antennae pale beneath 

 and fuscous above. Thorax : the collar, a narrow line over the 

 tegulae, the scutellum and legs, of a reddish-yellow ; the posterior 

 legs elongate, the tibiae very slender at the base, and broadly 

 expanded at their apex, battledore-shaped ; the expanded part 

 black, as well as the basal joint of the tarsi ; the wings sub-hyaline, 

 clouded towards their apex. Abdomen of a testaceous yellow, 

 more or less fuscous at the apex. Mandibles not toothed. 



Fam. VESPID^. 

 Genus PoLYBiA, Saussure. 



1. Polyh'm socialis, Sauss, Mon. Guepes Soc. p. 177, tab. 24, 



fig. 1 (Capuchu). 



2. Polyh'm sericea, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. p. 179, tab. 24, fig. 4. 

 Vespa sericea, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. p. 675 (Caboclo). 



3. Polybia Occident alis, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. p. 194. 



Vespa occidenlalis, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. p. 675 (Boca torta). 



4. Polybia fuscicornis, St. Farg, Hym. Hist. Nat. Ins. i. p. 536 



(Amarello). 



5. Polybia Enxuy. 



P. nigra, flavo-variegata ; petiolo brevissimo; prothoracis mar- 



gine posteriore, scutelli marginibus, abdominisque segmento- 



rum marginibus, flavis. 



Worker. Length 3 lines. Black : the clypeus, inner orbits of 



the eyes, two spots between the antennae, a line curved backwards 



on the vertex, slightly interrupted in the middle, extending to the 



summit of the eyes, and a broad stripe behind the eyes, yellow ; the 



clypeus has a transverse black spot, which is notched at its inferior 



margin. The posterior margin of the prothorax, an irregular line 



on its side before the wings, and the margins of the scutellum 



yellow ; the metathorax with two longitudinal yellow lines, the 



tegulae yellow ; the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures 



