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HYMENOPTERA. 



EUMENES PETIOLATA. 



Plate LVII. fig. 2. 



Gesus. Eumenes, Latreille. 



Species. Eumenes Petiolata : capite ferrugineo fascia vertical! nigra ; thorace ferrugineo, 

 antice flavo ; petiolo ferrugineo, basi fasciaque subapicali nigris, utrinque dente 

 parvo armato ; segmento secundo abdominis fascia atra, reliquis flavescentibus. 

 Long. Corp. unc. 1^-. 

 Eumenes : with the head ferruginous, with a black vertical line ; thorax ferru- 

 ginous, pale yellow in front ; petiole ferruginous, with the base and a band 

 near the tip black armed on each side with a small tooth ; second abdominal 

 segment with a black band, the remaining segments yellowish. Length of the 

 body, 1J inch. 



Syn. Vespa petiolata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. p. 278. Syst. Piez. p. 284. 



Donovan states that " this, with the foregoing species, is remarkably common in 

 many parts of the East Indies. Eabricius speaks of it as a native of Malabar." The 

 Chinese Vespa conica of Fabricins does not appear to be specifically distinct from the 

 present species. 



EUMENES ARCUATA. 



Plate LVII. fig. 3. 



Eumenes Ajscuata : nigra, fronte orbit uque oculorum flavis ; thorace flavo maculato 

 et sub scutello flavo, cruce nigra notato ; petiolo elongato incurvo atro, maculis 

 duabus mediis et duabus ante apicem flavis ; segmento secundo abdominis fasciis 

 duabus, reliquis unica, interruptis flavis. Long. Corp. 1| unc. 



Eumenes : black, with the face and the edges of the eyes yellow ; thorax with 

 yellow spots, behind the scutellum yellow with a black cross ■ petiole long, 

 incurved, black, with two spots at the middle and two near the tips of yellow ; 

 second abdominal segment with two bands, the remainder with one, all being 

 interrupted in the middle and yellow. Length of the body, 1J inch. 

 Syn. Vespa armata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. p. 27G. Syst. Piez. p. 287. 



" Described by Fabricius as a native of New Holland ; we have received it 

 Madras." — Donovan. 



