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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3: Zoology
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Zoology -- Periodicals
Fam. EUMENIDAE, _Westw_.
Genus ZETHUS, _Fabr._
1. Zethus cyanopterus, _Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol_. i. 23. 2.
Genus MONTEZUMIA, _Sauss._
1. Montezumia Indica, _Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol._ i. _supp._ 167. 59. t.
9. f. 4.
_Hab._ India, Celebes.
Genus RHYNCHIUM, _Spin._
1. Rhynchium haemorrhoidale, _Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol._ i. 109. 12. Vespa
haemorrhoidalis, _Fabr. Syst. Piez._ p. 259. 28.
_Hab._ India, Java, Cape of Good Hope, Celebes.
2. Rhynchium argentatum, _Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol._ i. 115. 22. Vespa
argentata, _Fabr. Syst. Piez._ p. 260. 39.
_Hab._ India, Celebes.
3. Rhynchium atrum, _Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol._ i. 109. 11.
_Hab._ India, Celebes.
4. Rhynchium parentissimum, _Sauss. Mon. Guepes Sol._ p. 111. 14. Var.
_R. haemorrhoidale?_
_Hab._ India, Java, Celebes.
Genus EUMENES.
1. Eumenes circinalis, _Fabr. Syst. Piez._ p. 286. 4.
_Hab._ India, Sumatra, Celebes.
2. Eumenes fulvipennis, _Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins._ pt. v. 24. 26.
_Hab._ Celebes.
3. EUMENES VINDEX. _E._ niger, flavo variegatus, alis subhyalinis
iridescentibus.
_Male._ Length 6 lines. Black; strongly punctured and shining; a minute
spot behind the eyes, another in their emargination, the clypeus, with
two minute spots above it, a spot at the base of the mandibles, and the
scape in front yellow. Thorax: a subinterrupted line on its anterior
margin, the tubercles, a spot on the tegulae behind, and the legs yellow;
the coxae, femora at their base, and the posterior tibiae outside dusky;
wings light brown and iridescent, the anterior margin of the superior
pair darkest. Abdomen delicately punctured; the apical margin of the
first segment with a narrow yellow border slightly interrupted on each
side; the apical segments with a thin cinereous pile.
_Hab._ Celebes.
4. EUMENES ARCHITECTUS. _E._ niger, clypeo, prothoracis margine
postscutello abdominisque segmenti primi margine flavis.
_Female._ Length 6 lines. Black and closely punctured; a line behind the
eyes near their vertex, a spot between the antennae and the clypeus,
yellow; the latter black at the apex, which is notched; the labrum and
mandibles reddish-yellow, the latter black at their base. Thorax: the
anterior margin yellow; the tubercles, tegulae, postscutellum, an
interrupted line on each side of the metathorax, the tibiae, tarsi, and
femora at their apex, yellow; the coxae spotted with yellow and the
posterior tibiae dusky; the wings fusco-hyaline; a black line across the
tegulae. Abdomen: an ovate spot on each side of the petiole, its apical
margin, a transverse ovate spot on each side of the first segment, and
its posterior margin yellow; the following segments covered with a grey
silky pile.
_Male._ Differs from the female in having the clypeus entirely yellow,
the metathorax and abdomen entirely black; only the apical margin of the
petiole is yellow, it is also longer.
_Hab._ Celebes.
5. EUMENES FLORALIS. _E._ niger; clypeo flavo; thorace pedibusque
ferrugineo-flavo variegatis.
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