FASCICULI MALATENSES 



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130. Polistes stigma 



Vespa stigma, Fabr., Ent. Syst. ii, 1793, p. 275. 

 Vespa tamula, Fabr., Ent. Syst. Suppl., 1798, p. 263. 



Polistes stigma, Sauss., Etud. Faun. Vesp. ii, 1853-59, p. 64, pi. vi, fig. 3, $ . 



Bidor. 3rd February, 1902. 



Sungkei. 1 1 th February, 1902. 



• On flowers.' 



Common throughout the Indo-Malayan region. P. stigma is merely a 

 geographical race of P. marginalis, Fabr., from Africa. 



131. Polistes hebraeus 



Vespa hebraea, Fabr., Mant. Ins. i, 1787, p. 292. 



Polistes hebraea, et macaensis, Fabr., Syst. Piez., 1804, pp. 272 and 273. 



Vespa undata, Oliv., Encycl. Meth. vi, 1 79 1 , p. 684. 



Polistes hebraeus, Sauss., Etud. Faun. Vesp. ii, 1853-59, p. 53, $ . 



Bukit Besar. 2,500 feet. 30th April, 1901. 



'Nest from small sapling ; stings badly.' 



A very wide spread and variable species, occurring in Egypt, Arabia, and 

 Persia, and from Mauritius to the Philippines. The two species in the col- 

 lection are richly marked with chestnut, black, and yellow. I have similar 

 specimens from the Shevaroy hills in Southern India. 



VESPA, Linn. 



132. Vespa dorylloides 



Vespa anomala, Sauss., Etud. Faun. Vesp. ii, 1853-59, p. 1 12, pi. xiv, fig. 2, $ . 

 Vespa dorylloides, Sauss., Etud. Faun. Vesp. ii, 1853-59, p. 256 {Errata). 



Telom. 27th January, 1902. 

 Bidor. 2nd February, 1902. 

 Sungkei. 8th February, 1902. 



'Although it was abundant every evening in South Perak in January 

 and February, we did not see this species once during the nine months, April 

 to December, spent in the Patani States.' 



Common throughout India, Burma, and Tenasserim, extending to Java. 

 More or less crepuscular in habits. 



133. Vespa magnifica 



Vespa magnifica, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. new ser. ii (1852), p. 45. 



Bukit Besar. 2,500 feet. 31st August, 1901. 

 A single small g 



Described originally from the Himalayas. Found at high elevations 

 throughout Assam, Burma, and Tenasserim. 



