1921.] C. Dover: Fauna of Barkuda I. 385 



Found throughout India, Burma, Tenasserini and Ceylon ex- 

 tending to China and probably to the Malayan subregion. 



Ammophila laevigata Smith, p. 231. 



Barkuda, 3 ex., i2-i9-vii-i4 [Chilka Survev); xi-14 (.-i«- 

 nandale). 



Represented in the collection of the Z.S.I, from Kangia valley 

 in Sikkim, Jhansi in N. W. India, Bangalore, and Pusa. A rare 

 species on the island. 



Sceliphron madraspatanum (Fab.), p. 237. 



Barkuda, 5 ex., iv-20 {Anitandale and Dover). 

 A common species found throughout our limits. It was not 

 uncommon on Barkuda in April, lozo. 



Sceliphron violaceum (Fab.), p. 240. 



Barkuda, iS ex., 2i-viii4 (Chilka Survey), i5-22-vii-i6 

 (Gravely); 2yvu-.\-vvA-i-/ (Annaniale) ; 3-ig-v-i9 (Gravely); 2- 

 vi-20 (Anuandale) ; :4-i6-viii-20 (Dover and Ribeiro). 



Widely distributed, its range extending from ,S. Europe to 

 Australia. It is the commonest Sphegid on Barkuda where it 

 often builds its curious little mud-cells in the oddest corners in the 

 bungalow. Individuals with the wings dark fusco-violaceous on 

 the apical half or two-thirds are rare. 



Sphex luteipennis Mocs., p. 247. 



Barkuda, 2 ex., i5-22-vii-i6 (Gravely); 25-vii-4-viii-i7 (An- 

 nandale). 



The Z S.I. possesses specimens from Karachi, Satara dist., 

 in the Bombay Pres., Waltair, and Katmandu in Nepal. This 

 species was never seen in 1919 and 1920. 



Sphex aurulentus (Fab.), p. 250- 



Barkuda, 2 ex., i7-vii-i4 (Chilka Survey); 3-ig-viii-i9 

 (Gravely). 



Widely distributed in the Oriental region and found in China 

 and N. Australia. Our specimens correspond to the var. ferrugi- 

 ncous Lepel. 



Ampulex compressa (Fab.), p. 25. 



Barkuda, i ex., iv-20 (Anuandale and Dover). 

 A rather widely distributed species comparatively rare on 

 Barkuda. 



Stizus vcspiformis (Fab.), p. 277. 



Barkuda, 3 ex , 2i-vii-i4 (Chilka Survey) ; i5-22-vii-ih 

 (Gravely) ; 3-i9-viii-i9 (Gravely). 



