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PLATE CCCCLV. 



VESPA SEXCINCTA. 



SIX BELLED WASP. 



HYMENOPTEHA. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Mouth horny, with a cc*mpreffed jaw : feelers four, unequal and 

 ffiform : antennae fiiifiorm, the firii joint longeft and cylindrical : 

 eyes lunar : body glabrous : $ing pungent, and concealed within the 

 abdomen : upper wings folded in both fexeg. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



SYNONYMS; 



Thorax fpotted : abdomen with fix yellow bands, the firft inter- 

 rupted. 



Vespa sexcincta: thorace maculato: abdomine fafciis fex flavis 

 priroo interruptis. Fabr.fp. inf. I. p. 470. n. 7. 

 Mant. Inf. I. p. 295. n. Q. 



Befcribed by Fabricius as a native of Germany: it is a very rare 

 Britilb fpecies, and has not been figured by any author. 



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