PLATE XXXIX.

VESPA ORIENTALIS.

Plate [XXXIX]. fig. 1.

Order: Hymenoptera. Section: Diploptera. Family: Vespidæ, Leach.

Genus. Vespa, Linn. &c.

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.).