40 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vor Vade 
Family APIDAE. 
16. Normia westwood, Grib. 
Two specimens from Parésnath, 4,000—4,400 feet (15-iv-09). 
Only known from Bengal. There are specimens in the Indian 
Museum from Calcutta. 
17. Anthophora zonata, Linn. 
Parésnath, 4,300—4,400 feet (15-iv-09). ‘‘ Throughout India, 
Burma, Tenasserim and Ceylon, extending through the Malay 
regions to Australia ’’ (Bingham). 
18. Xylocopa amethystina, Fabr. 
Parésnath, 4,000— 4,400 feet (12-iv-0g). Although this species 
occurs in Calcutta and other places in the plains of Bengal, it 
penetrates further into the Himalayas than any other of the genus. 
The Indian Museum possesses specimens from Gilgit and Srinagar 
(Kashmir) and from the hills of Chota Nagpur and Upper Tenas- 
serim; it also occurs in Bombay, Malabar and Ceylon. In May, 
Igit, I saw a Xylocopa which probably belonged to this species in 
a Simla garden situated at an altitude of slightly over 7,000 feet. 
19. Apis dorsata, Fabr. 
Parésnath ; common in April. One of the commonest Indian 
bees ; northwards its range extends into Tibet, eastwards to China 
and the Malay Archipelago; southwards to Tenasserim and the 
Malay Peninsula. 
Family CHRYSIDIDAE. 
20. Stilbum cyanurum, Forst. 
Parésnath (12-iv-og). A cosmopolitan species. 
21. Chrysis oculata, Fabr. 
Parésnath, 4,300—4,400 feet (15-iv-09). Widely distributed in 
the plains of India and in Assam. 
DIPTERA. 
I am indebted to Mr. E. Brunetti for the identification of 
most of the following Diptera. The Trypetinae, which were 
unusually well represented, are now being worked out by Prof. 
Bezzi, who has found no less than five new species in the Parésnath 
collection. 
