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HYMENOPTERA. 
EUMENES PETIOLATA. 
Plate LVII. fig. 2. 
Genus. Eumenes, Latreille. 
Sfecies. Eumenes Petiolata : capite ferrugineo fascia verticali 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 ferruginous, 
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, 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. Fabricius speaks of it as a native of Malabar.” The 
Chinese Vespa conica of Fabricius does not appear to be specifically distinct from the 
present species. 
EUMENES ARCUATA. 
Plate LVII. fig. 3. 
Species. Eumenes Arcuata : nigra, fronte orbituque 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. 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, 1|- inch. 
Syn. Vespa armata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. p. 276. Syst. Piez. p. 287. 
“Described by Fabricius as a native of New Holland; we have received it 
Madras.” — Donovan. 
