VESPA ORIENTALIS. Ferruginea, abdomine fasciâ flavâ ante apicem utrinque
bipunctatâ. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
SYN. Vespa orientalis, _Linn. Mant._ 540. _Fabr. Syst. Piez._ 254. 4.
Vespa turcica, _Drury, App. vol._ 3.
HABITAT: Smyrna (_Drury_). "In Oriente" (_Linn._).
Front of the head yellow. Eyes brown. Antennæ the length of the thorax.
Ocelli distinct. Jaws black. Tongue not to be discovered. Thorax and
abdomen brown chesnut; the third and fourth rings of the latter yellow.
Wings thin, but not transparent. Legs brown; the anterior with a single
and the four posterior with two tibial spurs.
Drury observes of this and the next insect, that "they make nests like the
mason-fly described in Vol. I. Pl. 44. Fig. 6." The correctness of this
statement may however be questioned as regards both of the insects in
question, which, from their evident relationship to the common English
hornet (Vespa Crabro Linn.) must surely possess similar habits to those of
that insect.
{83}SCOLIA 4-MACULATA.
Plate XXXIX. fig. 2.
ORDER: Hymenoptera. SECTION: Fossores. FAMILY: Scoliidæ.
GENUS. SCOLIA, _Fabr. Latr._ Sphex, _Linn._ Vespa, _Drury_.
SCOLIA 4-MACULATA. Hirta, nigra, fusco-pubescens, abdomine nigro maculis
quatuor fulvis, alis obscuris. (Long. Corp. 1 unc.)
SYN. Scolia 4-maculata, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 2. 229. 4. _Syst. Piez._ 240.
5.
Vespa maculata, _Drury, App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: Jamaica (_Drury_). North America (_Fabr._).
Head brown. Antennæ the length of the thorax, which is also brown. Wings
nearly transparent. Abdomen black, with four yellow spots placed on the
upper side. Legs brown.
I have employed the Fabrician specific name in preference to that
precedently employed by Drury, as being more appropriate, there being other
species of the genus named 6-maculata and 2-maculata.