RECORDS OF HE M IP T ERA AND H Y^M E- 

 NOPTERA FROM THE HIMALAYAS. 



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



A considerable number of Hymenoptera and Hemiptera were 

 added to the Indian Museum collection during the year 1906, and 

 a very large proportion of these were collected in localities situated 

 on the Himala3^as and at their base. I propose to give a list of 

 those species which I have been able to identify^ restricting m3^self 

 to Himalayan and sub-Himalayan specimens. This will not be a 

 complete, or anywhere near complete, list of all the species which 

 have up to the present been recorded from these tracts, but 

 merely some of those which were collected during the years 1905 

 and 1906 by four or five collectors. 



I have not attempted to deal with the Non-aculeate forms, 

 the Ants and the Chrysididae among the Hymenoptera ; nor with the 

 Jassids and other inconspicuous families among the Homoptera, 

 nor the aquatic families of the Heteroptera. 



The importance of such a list is that the localities are quite 

 definite and that at least the approximate altitude of each place is 

 given. The date of capture is also of interest. 



The principal localities from which the collections have been 

 received are : — 



Mussoorie, 7,000 feet, May to August 1905. 



Naini Tal, Kumaon, 6,400 feet, October 1906. 



Bhim Tal, Kumaon, 4,500 feet, September 1906. 



Chandragiri, Nepal, circa 8,000 feet, October 1906. 



Nagarkote, Nepal, circa 6,000 feet, October 1906. 



Thankote, Nepal, circa 5,000 feet, October 1906. 



Pharping, Nepal, circa 5,000 feet, October 1906. 



Katmandu, Nepal Valley, 4,500 feet, October 1906. 



Soondrijal, Nepal Valley, October 1906. 



Chitlong, Little Nepal Valley, October 1906. 



Ghoom, 7,200 feet (Darjiling district), December 1906. 



Darjiling, 7,000 feet, October 1905. 



Sureil, 5,000 feet (Darjiling district), April 1905. 



Pussumbing, 4,700 feet (Darjiling district), December 1906. 



Tukvar, 4,500 feet (Darjiling district), October 1906. 



Barnesbeg, 3,000 feet (Darjiling district), October 1906. 



Kurseong, 5,000 feet (Darjiling district), May 1906. 



Tindharia, 2,800 feet "^ .„ , ., "^ 



Rungtong, 1,400 feet l^\ ^^^ ^he railway I 



Sookna, 540 feet C ^^^TX^'\., . ^^^^§^^^ \ ^^^^^ ^^06 



Gyabari, 350 feet J and Darjilmg. J 



