438 LT.-COL. 0, T. BINGHAM ON THE [Mar. 17, 
360, 20; Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch, Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, ii, 
(1889), 101, 7. 
Pundaloya (Green coll.). 
228. PELOPHUS SPINOLE, Lepeletier. 
Pelopeus spinole, Lepel. Hym. ii. 307, 4; Smith, Cat. Hym. 
Ins. B. M. iv. 231, 19; Walk. Tenn. Nat. Hist. Ceylon, ch. xii. 
454 ; Motsch. Bull. Soe. Imp. d. Nat. Mosc. 1863, 23; Smith, 
Jour. Linn. Soe, xi, (1867), 359, 3; Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. 
Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, ii. (1889), 102, 12. 
229, PELOP@US VIOLACEUS (Fabricius). 
Sphex violaceus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii, 201, 12. 
Pepsis violaceus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 211, 16. 
Chalybion violaceum, Dahlb. Hym. Eur. i. 21, 1. 
Chalybion bengalensis, Dahlb. Hym. Eur. i. 433, 2. 
Pelopeus violaceus, Lepel. Hym. iii. 32, 21; Costa, Prosp. d, 
Imenott. Ital. fase. i. 21, 6. 
Pelopeeus flebilis, Lepel. Hym. iii. 321, 22. 
Pelopeus bengalensis, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. iv. 320, 15; 
id. Jour. Linn. Soe. xi. (1867), 360, 19; Smith and Home, Trans. 
Zool. Soe. vii. (1870), pt. iii. 163, pl. xxi. f. 2, 2a; Cam. Mem. & 
Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soe. ser. 4, ii. (1889), 101, 2. 
Pundaloya (Green coll.). 
I think there is little doubt that Chalybion bengalensis of 
Dahlbom=Sphev violaceus, Fabricius. Typical specimens of 
P, violaceus and P, bengalensis may differ in the sculpture of the 
thorax and in the colour of the wings, but the insect is a variable 
one. 
Genus SpHex, Linneus, pt. 
230. SpHEx Lopatus, Fabricius. 
Sphex lobatus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 348 (1775); Kohl, Ann. des 
k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus. v. 177, 1. 
Sphex smaragdinus, Drury, Exot. Ins. iii. 57, pl. 42. f. 2. 
Sphex coerulea, Christ (nec Drury), Naturg. Ins. 308, t. 30. f. 6. 
Sphex chrysis, Christ, Naturg. Ins. 310, t. 30. f. 7; Kohl, 
Termesz. Fiizetek, ix. 173 9 g; André, Spec. Hym. iii. fase. 27, 
123 9 $; Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, 
ii. (1889), 105, 1. 
Sphex lobata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 206, 30. 
Chlorion lobatum, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 217, 1; Blanch. Hist. Nat. 
Anim. Art. iii, 351; Lepel. Hym. iii. 330; Dahlb. Hym. Eur. i. 
24 & 435 ; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. ii. 237, 1; id. Jour. Linn. 
Soe. xi, (1867), 360, 1. 
Chlorion azureum, Blanch. Hist. Nat, Anim, Art. iii. 351, pl. vi, 
f. 6; Lepel. Hym. iii. 329. 
Pundaloya (Green coll.), 
