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.
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.).