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V L A T E CCCCLXVIII. 



FIG. I, 



VESPA FLAVICINCT A. 



YELLOW BANDED WASP. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Mouth horny, jaws compreffed : feelers four, unequal : antennae 

 filiform, with the firft joint long and cylindrical : eyes lunate : body 

 glabrous : fting pungent, and concealed : upper wings folded in both 

 fexes. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Yespa flavicincta. Antennae yellow, the extreme half black: 

 head and thorax black, with yellow fcutel : abdo- 

 men black banded with yellow. 



A fpecimeti of this infect occurs in the cabinet of Mr. Drury, with- 

 out any information relative to its capture. It is a fpecies of the mid- 

 dle iize as appears from the figure in the upper part of our plate, 

 which exhibits the natural iize. This infect is not noticed in the 

 works of any writer that we are acquainted with. 



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