﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  (1899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  

  

  III. 
  Hymenoptera 
  Orientalia, 
  or 
  Contributions 
  to 
  a 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Hymenoptera 
  of 
  the 
  Oriental 
  

   Zoological 
  Region. 
  Part 
  VIII. 
  

  

  The 
  Hymenoptera 
  of 
  the 
  Khasia 
  Hills. 
  First 
  Paper. 
  

  

  By 
  P. 
  Cameron. 
  

  

  \Communicated 
  by 
  J. 
  Cosmo 
  Melvill, 
  M.A., 
  KL.S.] 
  

   Received 
  October 
  17th. 
  Read 
  October 
  18th, 
  i8g8. 
  

  

  This 
  paper 
  may 
  be 
  looked 
  upon 
  as 
  the 
  commence- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  Contributions 
  to 
  a 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hymenoptera 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  Indies, 
  first 
  begun 
  in 
  

   these 
  Memoirs 
  in 
  1889. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  in 
  the 
  light 
  

   of 
  a 
  new 
  series 
  in 
  two 
  respects 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  place 
  it 
  makes 
  

   known 
  to 
  us 
  the 
  Hymenoptera 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  district 
  which 
  

   has 
  not 
  hitherto 
  been 
  worked, 
  so 
  far 
  at 
  least 
  as 
  the 
  

   Hymenoptera 
  are 
  concerned 
  ; 
  and, 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  place, 
  

   the 
  collections 
  about 
  to 
  be 
  described 
  and 
  catalogued 
  

   contain 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  species 
  belonging 
  to 
  groups 
  

   about 
  which 
  up 
  till 
  now 
  our 
  information 
  has 
  been 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  limited 
  description, 
  at 
  any 
  rate 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  

   Oriental 
  Region. 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  Himalayan 
  Range 
  known 
  

   as 
  the 
  Khasia 
  Mountains 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  prove 
  exceedingly 
  

   rich 
  in 
  species 
  there 
  can, 
  I 
  think, 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  at 
  all. 
  

   This 
  seems 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  particularly 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  

   the 
  parasitic 
  species, 
  Ichneumonidce, 
  Braconidce, 
  &c, 
  which, 
  

   judging 
  from 
  our 
  present 
  information, 
  are 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  

   Central 
  regions 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  of 
  India, 
  where 
  their 
  

   place 
  is 
  probably 
  taken 
  by 
  parasitic 
  Diptera. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  recorded 
  and 
  described 
  in 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  May 
  4th, 
  i8gg. 
  

  

  