36 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1892. 



Mr. Rothney notes : ''Nest on tree trunks, formed of a papyra- 

 *' ceous material. Swarms June 15tli to July 7th, On one occasion 

 " I had a small colony started in the flap pocket of a leather bag, 

 " hanging in my verandah, at Barrackpur, Mdiei'e an apterous ? , 

 " and a few g , took up their residence, throwing a light silky 

 *' web across the open flap." 



23. P. rastellata (Latr.). 

 Trincomalee, Ceylon Major Yerbury. 



In sending me this species. Major Yerbury wrote : — " Nest a 

 " number of leaves^ spun together, to form a i-ough cylinder, and 

 " one end stopped up." He describes this as a very active species* 



24. P. bihamata (Drury), 



Burma Major Bingham. 



Major Bingham took this species in the Taungyin Valley in 

 January, 1891. 



25. P. armata (Le Guillow). 



Burma » Major Bingham. 



Major Bingham wrote: — "Not uncommon; the variety with 

 " the black abdomen commoner ; both varieties found on the same 

 " tree, but never in the same nest. I found, in June, in the 

 " Ataran Valley, a huge nest of the black variety, measuring 

 " 4' 3" X 2' 7" X 5 1", made of papery material, against a door, in a 

 " forest rest-house." 



26. P. chalyhea (Smith). 



Burma Maj or Bingham . 



Taken in the Ataran Valley in February, 1890. 



27. P. hicolor (Smith). 



Ataran Valley, Burma Major Bingham. 



Calcutta and Barrackpore G. A. J. Rofchney. 



Mr. Rothney writes me of this species : " Habits same as. 

 " P. thrinax." 



28. P. dives (Smith). 



Pegu Hills, Burma Major Bingham. 



Tounghoo^ Burma E. Y. Watson. 



Major Bingham writes : " Not common ; I found one nest, in 

 Pegu, made round the foot of a little bush." 



