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longissimus ; cellulis primis secundisque submarginalibus aequis, tertia 

 quadrata ; facie aurato pubescente. 



Female. Length 6£ lines. Black ; the face covered with golden pu- 

 bescence; the scape and the flagellum beneath rufo-fulvous ; the 

 mandibles and palpi rufo-testaceous. Thorax globular ; the posterior 

 margin of the prothorax, a spot beneath the wings, another on the 

 side of the pectus, two on the scutellum and two united ones on the 

 metathorax, yellow ; the legs rufo-piceous, with the knees yellow. 

 The petiole obscurely ferruginous, twice as long as the thorax, the 

 apex swollen; the first segment of the abdomen has a short petiole, 

 which is pale ferruginous ; the second segment has at its basal margin 

 on each side an oblong yellow spot ; beneath, the same segment has 

 two small yellow spots. 



Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 



Gen. Vespa, Linn. 



1. Vespa affmis, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 254 (var. V. cinctal). 



Hab. Gilolo; Baehian; Celebes; Malacca; Singapore; India; China. 



Tarn. ANDEENID^, Leach. 



Gen. Prosopis. 



1. Prosopis eximius, Smith, Supp. Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. 131. 1. 

 Hab. Gilolo; Baehian. 



Gen. Nomia, Latr. 



1. Nomia clavata. N. nigra et punctata, facie pube brevi grisea 

 tecta; abdomine clavato, nitido, marginibus apicalibus segmentorum 

 albo fasciatis. 



Male. Length 3£ lines. Black; head and thorax opake; the face 

 covered with cinereous pubescence ; the mandibles ferruginous at 

 their apex. The collar, scutellum and post-scutellum bordered with 

 short downy pale pubescence ; the wings subhyaline and iridescent, 

 the apical margins of the superior pair fuscous ; the legs obscurely 

 rufo-piceous, the tarsi pale rufo-testaceous ; the legs with a glittering 

 pale pubescence. Abdomen clavate, the margins of the segments 

 constricted, each having a fascia of pale pubescence on its apical 

 margin. 



Hab. Gilolo. 



2. Nomia modesta, N. nigra ; capite thoraceque punctatis subopacis, 

 abdomine nitido, segmentis ad marginem apicalem albo fasciatis. 



Female. Length 3 lines. Black ; the face covered with glittering cine- 

 reous pubescence ; the flagellum fulvous beneath ; the mandibles 



