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HYMENOPTERA. 
POLISTES MACAENSIS. 
Plate LVII. fig. 4. 
Genus. Polistes, Latreille. 
Species. Polistes Macaensis: capite flavo, inter oculos nigro; thorace flavo, dorso obscu* 
ruro, lineis tribus nigris; scutello flavo bilineato; aodomine flavo strigis tribus 
undatis. Long. Corp. unc. 1. 
Polistes : with the head yellow, black between the eyes ; thorax yellow, darker 
above, with three black longitudinal lines ; scutellum yellow, with two transverse 
lines ; abdomen yellow, with three waved black transverse lines. Length of the 
body, 1 inch. 
Syn. Vespa Macaensis, Fair. Ent. Syst. 2. p. 259. Syst. Piez. p. 272. 
“ The specimen from which our figure is copied, is in the cabinet of the Right 
Hon. Sir J. Banks, Bart., from Macao.” — Donovan. It is also very common in China, 
and appears to be the species so frequently represented in the drawings sent to this 
country, together with its nest, which is attached to the twigs of trees, and is composed 
of cells without any outer covering. 
POLISTES TEPIDA. 
Plate LVII. fig. 5. 
Species. Polistes Tepida: capite nigro; labro ferrugineo; thorace nigro; collare punctisque 
duobus magnis dorsalibus ferrugineis ; abdominis segmento primo nigro, secundo 
et tertio nigris, margine ferrugineo, reliquis totis ferrugineis. Long. Corp. 
-TO unC * 
Polistes : with the head black ; upper lip ferruginous ; thorax black ; collar and two 
large dorsal spots ferruginous ; first segment of abdomen black, second and third 
black with the margin ferruginous, the remainder entirely ferruginous. Length of 
the body, r 9 s ths of an inch. 
Syn. Vespa tepida, Fair. Ent. Syst. 2. p. 262. Syst. Piez. p. 271. 
Fabricius gives as the habitat of this insect, “ Nova Hollandia, Mas. Dom. 
Banks .” 
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