POLISTES ANNULARIS. Fusca; genubus, antennarum apicibus margineque primi
segmenti abdominis flavis. (Long. Corp. 1 unc.)
SYN. Vespa annularis, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. 2. 950. 9. _Fabr. Syst.
Piez._ 271. 3. (Polistes a.)
Vespa cincta, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Virginia (_Drury_).
Head dark brown colour, like the rust of iron. Antennæ shorter than the
thorax; dark brown, yellow at the tips. Thorax dark brown, with a black
stripe on each side. Wings extending beyond the abdomen, thin,
membranaceous, and dark brown, not perfectly transparent, and doubled or
folded {96}lengthways together. Abdomen black, except the first segment,
which is dark orange, margined with yellow. Anterior femora dark brown,
the other parts of those legs yellow. The other legs dark brown; the tips
of the tibiæ and the tarsi being yellow.