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H E M I P T E R A .
Y E S P A C I N C T A .
G ENERIC CHARACTER.
Mouth horny: jaws compreffed: palpi four, unequal, filiform. Antennæ filiform : firft joint longeft and
cylindrical. Eyes lunar. Body gloffy. Sting concealed. Upper wings folded in both fexes,
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Black, thorax obfcurely fpotted; body black, with a ferruginous band.
V e s pa C i n c t a : nigra thorace obfcure maculato, abdomine atro: fafcia ferruginea. Fahr. Ent. S yß. T. 2.
p .2 5 3 . fp . 1.
S p h f x t r o p i c a . S iih . Hifl. Inf. ta l. 2/ . fig . 5.
From Tranquebar.
Y E S P A P E T I O L A T A .
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Ferruginous and yellow varied; abdominal petiole incurved and ferruginous, with a black band.
VESPA P e t io l a t a : f e r r u g i n e o f la v o q u e v a r ia a b d o m in i s p e t io lo i n c u r v o f e r r u g i n e o : f a f c ia a t r a . F a i. Ent.
Syß. T. 2. p. 2 /8 . 67.
This, with tlie foregoing fpecies, is remarkably common in many parts of the Eaft Indies. Fabricius fpeaks
of it as a native o f Malabar.
Y E S P A A R C U A T A .
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Black, variegated with yellow ; petiole of the abdomen incurved, with four yellow fpots.
V e s p a A r c u a t a : nigra flavo variegata abdominis petiolo incurvo: maculis quatuor flavis. Fah. Ent.
Syft. T. 2. p . 276. Sp. 83.— UNFIGURED.
Defcribed by Fabricius as a native o f New Holland ; we have received it Madras.
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