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  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  07i 
  

  

  supplemented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Cotes, 
  lending 
  me 
  the 
  material 
  

   in 
  the 
  Calcutta 
  Museum 
  ; 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  the 
  Bombay 
  Natural 
  Society, 
  formed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  C. 
  

   Wroughton, 
  District 
  Forest 
  Officer 
  at 
  Poona 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  various 
  

   small 
  collections, 
  including 
  a 
  small, 
  but 
  very 
  interesting 
  one, 
  

   made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Lewis, 
  in 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  paper 
  as 
  useful 
  as 
  possible, 
  more 
  

   particularly 
  to 
  Indian 
  residents, 
  I 
  have 
  given 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (i) 
  A 
  catalogue 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  known 
  species, 
  with 
  their 
  

   localities, 
  synonyms, 
  habits, 
  &c. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  rare 
  or 
  imperfectly 
  known 
  species. 
  

  

  (3) 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  (4) 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  works 
  and 
  papers 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  

   Oriental 
  Hymenoptera, 
  and 
  

  

  (5) 
  Observations 
  on 
  their 
  geographical 
  relations. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rothney's 
  collecting 
  was 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  Calcutta 
  

   district, 
  namely, 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  the 
  City 
  ; 
  in 
  

   Barrackpore, 
  Sittaghui, 
  Samnugga, 
  Ishapue, 
  Serampue, 
  

   Chandauague, 
  Gusery 
  ; 
  at 
  Port 
  Cauumy 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  

   Burdwan 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  ; 
  Nischindepue 
  to 
  the 
  north-east. 
  

   Also 
  in 
  Tirhoot, 
  Bengal 
  ; 
  Mussourie, 
  North-west 
  Province 
  

   (in 
  September 
  and 
  October), 
  in 
  Allahabad, 
  North-west 
  

   Province 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  species 
  from 
  Dargeeling, 
  Madras, 
  

   Bombay, 
  and 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wroughton's 
  collecting 
  is 
  principally 
  from 
  Poona 
  

   (Dekhan) 
  and 
  Bombay. 
  

  

  SPHEGID/E. 
  

   Ammophila. 
  

  

  Ainniophila, 
  Kirby, 
  Trans. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  IV., 
  p. 
  195. 
  

   PsammopJiila, 
  Dahlbom, 
  Hym. 
  Ent. 
  I., 
  p. 
  16. 
  

   ParapsammopJiila, 
  Taschenberg, 
  Zeits. 
  f. 
  d. 
  ges. 
  Natitnu. 
  

   in 
  ITalle, 
  XXXIV. 
  

  

  