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found : they are usually numerous only in well-wooded country. The Parasitica 

 are not common ; I obtained a species of Leucopsis, one or two Braconidce, 

 a species of Evania, besides several Ichneumomdas. The latter are, however, 

 less numerous than might be expected. Chrysidia; (Ruby or Cuckoo Wasps) are 

 common, and numerous species occur. I obtained examples, many of which 

 were hitherto undescribed, of the following genera : Ellampus, Hedychridium, 

 Hedychrum, Stilbum, and Chrysis. The latter is a large genus, and many 

 species occur. All the species of this family are parasitic on other Hymenop- 

 tera, and the more conspicuous species, such as Stilbum splendidum and Chrysis 

 orientalis, may frequently be observed in verandahs, seeking for the nests of 

 their victims, in which they deposit their ova. 



The Apkla are numerous, both in species and individuals, but I have never 

 come across a specimen of the true honey bee (Apis), though three species occur 

 in India. As soon as the fruit trees come into blossom in the spring, they are 

 surrounded by crowds of bees, chiefly belonging to the genus Tetralonia, but 

 Osmia and Andrena are also represented. Later on in the summer, in addition 

 to the above genera, the following occur — among the short-tongued bees, CoUefes 

 and Prosopis ; among the long-tongued bees, Sphecodes, Halictus (many 

 species), Panurgus, Nomia, Nomada, Megachile (many species), Anthidium, 

 Parevespis, Ceratina, Coelioxys, Crocisa, Anthophora (many species), and one 

 species of Xylocopa. The latter is crepuscular in its habits, frequenting holly- 

 hocks, and its larva feeds on the wood of willow and possibly other trees, 

 usually I believe attacking those that are dead or dying. Specimens of two 

 genera, Ctnoapis and Melanapis, which have hitherto not been found outside 

 the Punjab and Baluchistan, also occur, the former being very common. 



Among the Diploptera, or Wasps, several species of each of the following 

 genera are found : — Eumenes, Odynerus, Polistes and Vespa. The largest 

 species, Vespa orientalis, which is brown with a yellow band across the abdomen, 

 frequently nests in the roofs of houses. Several of the common European 

 wasps of the same genus are also found in some numbers. 



The Fossores, or digging wasps, are well represented. Among these are found 

 the following genera : Apterogyna, Mutilla, and Iswarra, all having apterous 

 females ; none of them are common here, though occasionally the males come 

 to lights at night. Coming to the Scollidw, another tribe of Fossores, two 

 species of Meria are common, though the females are seldom seen ; Scolia is 

 represented by several species, two of which are large conspicuous insects which 

 are spread throughout the whole of Europe and Central Asia. Two or more 

 species of Elis also occur, and one of Sapyga, the latter genus not having been 

 found elsewhere in Indian limits. 



Another tribe of Fossores, the Ceropalidm, till recently called the Pompilidce, is 

 represented by a few large, and many medium-sized and small species. As, how- 

 ever, entomologists have not settled definitely the generic division of this tribe, 

 I will notattempt to enumerate the genera which are found in Baluchistan. The 

 largest species found here, and also perhaps the commonest, is Salius nicerillei. 



