GENUS. POLISTES, _Fabr._ Vespa, _Linn. Drury_.
POLISTES SQUAMOSA. Thoracis dorso nigro lineis flavis, scutello flavo
lineâ nigrâ, abdomine fulvo annulo nigro versus apicem. (Long. Corp. 10
lin.)
SYN. Vespa Squamosus, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
Polistes lineata? _Fabr. Syst. Piez._ 271. 9. _Ent. Syst._ 2. 259. 20.
HABITAT: New York.
Head yellow; but on the top, near the ocelli, black and hairy. Antennæ
shorter than the thorax, dark brown, yellow next the head to the first
joint, including about a third part. Thorax yellow, slightly hairy;
having three black stripes on the top and two on each side meeting on the
breast. Wings thin, almost transparent, and doubled or folded
longitudinally. Abdomen dark orange, with a black ring next the anus, and
two lesser ones near the thorax; none of which are seen underneath, being
there entirely of a dark orange. Legs yellow, and furnished with two
spines at the tips of the tibiæ; the anterior having only one.