HYMENOPTERA— VESPIDAE.— VESPA OCCIDENTALS. 719 



84. ODYNERUS TAOS. 

 Odyncrus taos, Cress., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, i, 381. 



15 £ 9 specimens; Colorado; Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Almont Barnes : New- 

 Mexico ; Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Dr. Oscar Loew. 



S5. PTEROCHILUS 5-FASCIATUS. 

 Pterochilus o-fasciahis, Say, Long's 2il Exped., ii, 347. 



4 £ specimens; Colorado; Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Almont Barnes: New 

 Mexico; Dr. Oscar Loew; H. W. Henshaw. 



86. POLISTES CANADENSIS. 



Vespa canadensis, Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 952. 



1 9 specimen; New Mexico; Dr. H. C. Yarrow. 



87. POLISTES NAVAJOE. 

 Polistes Navajoe, Cress., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, i, 383. 



7 £ 9 specimens; Arizona; Jas. M. Rutter, Henry Johnson. 



88. POLISTES FLAVUS. 

 Polistes flaws, Cress., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, i, 3S3. 



6 £ 9 specimens; Arizona; Jas. M. Rutter: New Mexico; Dr. H. C. 

 Yarrow, Wm. Gr. Shedd, Gilbert Thompson. 



89. POLISTES AURIFER. 

 Polistes aurifer, Satjss., Mon. Guepes Soc, 78. 



8 c? 9 specimens; Eastern Nevada; 1872; Dr. H. C. Yarrow. 



90. POLISTES VARIATUS. 

 Polistes variatus, Cress., Trans. Am. Eut. Soc, iv, 2-47. 



7 £ 9 specimens ; New Mexico ; 1873 ; Dr. Oscar Loew, Dr. H. C. 

 YaiTow : Colorado ; Dr. H. C. Yarrow. 



91. VESPA MACTJLATA. 



Vespa maculata, Linn., Syst. Nat., ii, 948. 



1 9 specimen; New Mexico; Dr. Oscar Loew. 



92. VESPA OCCIDENTAL1S, sp. nov. 

 Plate XXXIV, Figs. 1, 2. 

 9 . — Black ; clypeus, mandibles except tips, large triangular mark on 

 front, anterior orbits filling the sinus, broad posterior orbits, scape in front, 



