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ME. F. SMITH ON HYMENOPTEBOUS INSECTS 



Gen. Pachymenes, Sauss. 



I. Pachymenes elegans, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. Supp. v. 131. 1. 

 Hab. Gilolo ; Bachian. 



G-en. Odyneetts, Latr. 



1 . Odynerus maculipennis. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 3. 4. 

 Hab. Gilolo ; Borneo. 



2. Odynerus fallax. G. niger, clypeo apiculato, capite thora- 

 ceque flavo variis ; pedibus ferrugineis ; abdominis segmentis flavo- 

 fasciatis ; alis subhyalinis apice fuscis. 



Female. Length 6£ lines. Black ; the clypeus, a spot above, an- 

 other in the sinus of the eyes, a line behind the eyes, and a minute 

 spot on the mandibles, yellow ; a kite-shaped black spot on the cly- 

 peus ; the scape reddish yellow in front. Thorax : a line on the collar, 

 a spot beneath the wings ; the tegulae, an abbreviated line before them, 

 tnvo spots on the scutellum, postscutellum, and at the apex of the 

 metathorax on each side of the insertion of the abdomen, yellow ; 

 the legs ferruginous ; the wings subhyaline and iridescent, with a dark 

 fuscous stain extending from the marginal cell to the apex of the 

 wings ; the abdomen petiolated ; the margins of the segments bor- 

 dered with yellow. 

 Hab. Gilolo. 



Gen. KnYNCHitrM, Spin. 



1. Rhynchium hsemorrhhoidale, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 259. 28. 



Hab. Gilolo ; Bachian ; Amboyna ; Dory ; Malacca ; Singapore ; India ; 

 Java ; Cape of Good Hope. 



2. Rhynchium rubro-pictum, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. Supp. v. 

 128. 4. 



Hab. Gilolo ; Ternate ; Bachian. 



Group II.— SOCIAL WASPS. 



Fam. VESPIDiE, Leach. 

 Gen. Polistes, Latr. 



1. Polistcs tcpidus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 371. 7« 



Hab. Gilolo; Bachian ; Key; Solomon Islands; New Guinea; Australia. 



2. Polistcs multipictuSj Smith, Proc. JAnn. Soc. Supp. v. 130. , r >. 

 Hab. Gilolo ; Amboyna. 



Gen. Ihchnociaster, Ouer. 

 1. Ihchnogahteii aukifuons. I. niger, flavo varicgatus; petiolo 



