II Y M E N O P T E R A.
V E S P A M A C A E N S I S .
S P E C I F I C CHA RA C T E R .
Yellow: thorax black with yellow lines: abdomen marked with undulated black ftreaks.
V e s pa M a c a e n s is : flava thorace lineis abdomine fafciis undulatis nigris. Eal. Ent. Syß. T . 2 .
p.25Q. S p .2 2 .
Rare. The fpecimen from which our figure is copied is in the cabinet of tlie Right Hon. Sir J. Banks, Bart.
From Macao.
V E S P A T E P I D A .
S P E C I F I C CHAR AC T E R .
Black; anterior lobe o f the thorax, two dots, and tip of the abdomen ferruginous.
V e s p a T e p i d a ; nigra thorace lobo antico punaifqiie duobus abdomineque apice ferrugineis. Fab. Ent.
S yst. T. 2. p. 262. Sp. 31.— UNFIGURED.
A P I S V I O L A C E A .
G E N E R I C CHARA C T E R .
Mouth horny; jaw and lip membranaceous a t the apex; tongue infleaed; palpi four, unequal, and filiform-
antennie filiform and ihort : wings flat ; fting o f the females and neuters acute, and concealed.
S P E C I P t C CHA R A C T E R .
Hirfute, black, wings violaceous.
A p is v i o l a c e a : h i r f u t a a t r a a l is v io la c e is . Lm n . S y ß . N at. 2 . Q5g. 3 8 ?
This in fe a is defcribed by rvriters as a native of the South of Europe, We have the fame fpecies from Ute
Eaft Indies.