Thr Anilcafc Hymcnoptcra of BarracJq^ore. 109 



Ccelioxys fuscijjennis, Sm. Rare. 

 Ci'ocisa emccr(/inata,Lie]). Common. 



„ histrio, Fab. Common. 

 AnthojjJiora cinrfa, Lin. Common. 



„ zonata, Lin. Very common. 



„ fallax, Sm. Common. 



„ violacea, Lep. Very common. 



„ bicincta, Fab. Rare. 



Xylocopa fenestrcda, Fab. Common. 



„ tcnvisccqja, Westw. Common. 



„ hiti])cs, Drury. Common. 



„ ivshians, Lin. Common. 



„ coUaris, Lep. Rare. 



„ amethystina. Fab. Rare. 



„ auripennis, Lep. Common. 



„ hryorum. Fab. Rare. 



„ dissimiUs, Lep. Rare. 



„ acutipcnoiis, Sm. Rare. 



„ voiicalis, Lep. Rare. 

 Apis indica,Fah. Common. 

 „ fiorca, Fab. Common. 

 Mdipona hengalensis, Cam. Rare. 



„ iridipcnnis, Sm. Rare. 



NOTES ON CONSPICUOUS BARRACKPORE 

 SPECIES. 



FOE>[ICID.E. 



Droyliis orientcdis, Westw. — Nests in the earth, imder 

 bricks, stones, or in masonry. The ^ comes into your 

 bungalows at night, attracted by light, generally at the 

 end of the cold weather, February or early March. 



Diacaunna rayans, Smith. — Not uncommon; nests in 

 walls or other brickwork, under bricks or stones ; not 

 populous ; pungent sting ; a most intelligent species. 



Brachyponera jerdoni, Forel. — Found in some numbers 

 in December amongst the dehris of stacks of wood ; also 

 in the Botanical Gardens under the same conditions. 



Lohopdta diminnta, Smith. — Rare in Barrackpore (but 

 common in the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta), marches in 

 long lines two deep. 



