386 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XXII, 



The species is represented in the Z.S.I, collection from Cal- 

 cutta, Gopkuda I., I^. Chilka, Kalka at the base of the Simla 

 hills, Bangalore, Siliguri, Ranch! , Deesa, and the Ganjam dist. I 

 have seen this species occasionally' in April and August, 1920. 



Cerceris vigilans Smith, p. jo8. 



Barkuda, i ex., i7-vii-i4 (Chilka Survey). 

 Represented in the collection of the Z.S.I, from Calcutta and 

 Sikkim. 



Cerceris sp. 



Barkuda, i ex., 2i-vii-i4 [Chilka Survey). 



I am unable to identify this insect specifically at present. 



Tribe D1PI.OPTERA. 



Family Eumenid.^. 



Eumencs brcvirostrata Sauss., p. 337. 



Barkuda, 4 ex., i5-22-vii-i6 {Gravely); i6-20-ix-iL| {Bru- 

 netli); 8-X-20 (Annandale). 



Previously recorded from Sikkim, Madras and Calcutta. Not 

 uncommon on the island. It is generally found along the shore. 



Eumenes petiolata (Fab.), p. 341. 



Barkuda, 5 ex., 2i-vii-i4 {Chilka Survey); 16 and ly-ix-ig 

 (Brunetti) ; 3 — ig-viii-19 {Gravely) ; iv-20 {Annandale and Dover). 

 A rather widely distributed species fairly common on Barkuda. 



Eumenes esuriens (Fab.), p. 342. 



Barkuda, 2 ex., i9-iv-20 {Annandale and Dover). 



A common plains species found throughout India, Burma 

 and Tenasserim. It was not uncommon on Barkuda in April, 

 1920. 



Eumenes conica (Fab.), p. 343. 



Barkuda, 2 ex., 25-vii-4-i7 (Annandale) ; i8-ix-i9 {Brunetti). 



Distributed throughout the plains of India, Burma, and 

 Ceylon extending to China and the Malayan subregion. This 

 species was seen occasionally in September and October, 19 19, 

 and in August, 1920. 



Rhynchium brunncum (Fab.), p. 355. 



Barkuda, 2 ex., i8-ix-i9 {Brunetti). 



A common and widely distributed species apparently not 

 found at great altitudes. One of the two specimens approaches 

 the var. carnaticum of this species. 



