VI. HYMENOPTERA ANTHOPHILA. 



By C. A. Paiva, Assistant, Indian Museum. 



Among the Hymenoptera collected durins; the Abor Expedi- 

 tion there are 40 specimens of Bees, most of which appear to be 

 fairly widely distributed. I have been able to accurately identify 

 most of them, but there are a few the identity of which I am not 

 quite sure about. I therefore propose to leave them undetermined 

 for the present. 



I, Sphecodcs, sp. 



One male collected at Sadiya, N.-E. Assam, on the 27-xi-ii 

 {Kemp). 



A. genus very widely distributed in both hemispheres. 



2. Halictus, spp. [& &). 



There seem to be at least two species among the 3 specimens 

 of this genus which were collected at Sadi5''a, 28xi-ir, and 

 Dibrugarh, rr — 19-xi-ii, N.-E Assam and at Kobo, 400 ft., 

 3-xii-ri {Kemp). Those from Sadi3M and Kobo come very near 

 H. f'unebris, Cam., and the one from Dibrugarh agrees with the 

 description of Halictus piilchriventyis , Cam., differing onl}' in having 

 the 2nd joint of the fiagellum of the antenna black beneath instead 

 of testaceous yellow. 



There is also a very badly preserved female belonging to this 

 genus collected at Sadiya, N.-E. Assam, 28-xi-ii {Kemp). 



3. Halictus rufo-zonatus, Vachal. 



Ann. Mus, Civ. Genoa (2a), 1894, p. 442, $ ; Bingham, Faun. 

 Brit. Ind. Hym., i, 1897, P- 4.39' ^ • 



Six females were found under bark at Renging, ca. 2,150 ft., 

 19-xii-ii {Kemp). 



Bingham records the species from Bhamo, Upper Burma. 



4. Andrcna mollis, Smith. 



New Sp Hym. B. M., p. 50, $ ; Bingham, Faun. Brit. Ind. 

 Hym., i, 1897, p. 446. 



Three specimens were collected at Sadiya, N.-E. Assam, 

 28-xi-ii, and two at Dibrugarh, N.-E. Assam, 17 — 19-xi-ii 

 {Kemp). 



Recorded by Bingham from Bombay, Assam, Burma and 

 Tenasserim, 



