210 MESSRS. T. BLACKBURN AND P. CAMERON ON THE 



14. Xylocopa aneipennis. 



Xyhcopa aneipennis, De Geer, Memoires, iii. p. 573, tab. 28. f. 8 ; St. 

 Fargeau, Hym. ii. p. 186 ; Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 684. 



Very common and extremely destructive to wood by 

 forming its nests in it^ tlie nests being long galleries and 

 made in dead or living trees. 



FOSSOKES. 

 Vespid^. 



15. Polistes aurifer. 



Polistes aurifer, Saussure, Mon. Gu6pes Soc. p. 78. 



Common, forming its nests in wood. 



16. Polistes hebrceus. 



Vespa hebrcBa, Fab. Mant. Ins. i. p. 292. 

 Polistes macaensis, Fab. Syst. Piez. p. 272. 



Common in Oahu. The specimen I have is nearly 

 identical with the figure given by de Saussure of the var. 

 macaensis in his Mon, Guepes Soc. pi. vii. f. i. The species 

 has a wide range over Asia &c. 



17. Odynerus radula. 



Vespa radula, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 269. 



Odynerus localis. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 678 ; Kirby, Ent. Month. 

 Mag. xvi. p. 86. 



Common on Kauai. 



18. Odynerus extraneus. 



Odynerus extraneus, Kirby, Ent. Month. Mag. xvii. p. 86. 

 Hah. Kauai. 



19. Odynerus nigripennis. 



Ehygchium nigripenne, Holmgren, Eugenics Resa, Zool. vi. p. 441. 

 Odynerus mauru^, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 679. 



Common at Honolulu. 



