376 Mr. 11. E. Tinner on Fossorial UymenopLera. 



The name oceanicus, being preoccupied^ has to be changed, 

 Schulz having priority. 



Dasyproctus opifex, Bingh. 

 Crahro opifex, Ringli. Faun. Brit. India, Hym. i. p. 323 (1897). $ . 



Dasyproctus huddka, Cam. 



Rhopalum huddha, Cam. Mem. Mancli. Lit. & Phil. Soc. (4) ii. p. 18 



(1889). S. 

 Crahro buddha, Cam. Mem. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. (4) iii. p. 270 



(1890). c? ; Bingh. Faun. Brit. India, Ilyra. i. p. 323 (1897). J. 

 Crabro brookii, Bingh. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxv. p. 444 (1896). 5 . 



I think there can be no doubt that buddha and brookii are 

 sexes of one species. 



Dasyproctus orientalis, Cam. 



Crabro orientalis, Cam. Mem. Mauch. Lit. Sc Phil. Soc. (4) iii. p. 272 

 (1890). 



Dasyproctus solltarius, Sm. 

 Crabro solitaritis, Sm. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. iii. p. 162 (1858). J. 



Crabro {Ceratocolus) alatus, Panz. 



Crabro alatus, Panz. Faim. Insect. Germ. iv. (1797). 

 Crabro quadriceps, Bingh. Faun. Brit. India, Hym. i. p. 327. 



Hab. Kumaun. 



This wide-ranging species extends to N. China and N.W. 

 India. 



Crabro auricomus^ Bingh. 



Crahro auricomus, Bingh. Faun. Brit. India, Hvm. i. p. 327 (1897). 2 • 

 Crnbro hhasianus, Cam. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) x. p. 6J (1902). 

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There is only a slight colour-difference between the types. 

 The species seems to me to be a Crnbro of the same group as 

 C. fossorius, but I cannot see the structure of tlie mandibles 

 distinctly. The striation of the mesonotum is transverse, 

 not longitudinal. 



Cbabro, subgenus Solenius. 



It is unfortunate that Ashmead, in selecting a type for 

 Solenius, Lep., should have departed from Kohl's indication 

 of the typical forms of the group and selected C. interruptus, 



