()i HYMENOPTERA. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Vespa vulgaris. V. thorace utrinque lineola in- 

 terrupta, scutello quadrimaculato, abdominis in- 

 cisuris punctis nigris distinctis. Linn. Sgst. NatA. 

 p. 949. Gmel. 1. p. 2750. Fabr. Spec. Ins. l.p. 459. 

 Mant. Ins. 1. p. 287. Ent. Sj/st. 2. p. 256. 

 Reaum. Ins. 6. t. 12. /. 7, 8. 

 Degeer, Ins. 2. £. 26./. 7. 

 SbAae#! E&ffi. £. 130. 



Inhabits Europe, and makes its nest in the ground. 

 PI. 59. a. The head magnified, b. b. The jaws, 

 within which are seen the four unequal palpi, c. A 

 horn. 



