438 LT.-COt. 0. T. BIKGHAit ON THE [Mar. 17, 



360, 20; Cam. Mem. & Proe. Maneh. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4,ii. 

 (1889), 101,7. 



Pundaloya (Green coll.). 



228. Pelopceus spinol*, Lepeletier. 



Pelopceus spinolce, Lepel. Hym. iii. 307, 4 ; Smith, Cat. Hym. 

 Ins. B. M. iv. 231, 19; Walk. Tenn, Nat. Hist. Ceylon, cli. xii. 

 454 ; Motsch. Bull. Soc. Imp. d. Nat. Mosc. 1863, 23 ; Smith, 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 359, 3 ; Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. 

 Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, ii. (1889), 102, 12. 



229. Peloposus tiolaceus (Fabricius). 

 Sphex violaceus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 201, 12. 

 Pepsis violaceus, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 211, 16. 

 Chuhjhion violaceum, Dahlb. Hym. Eur. i. 21, 1. 

 Chalybion bengalensis, Dahlb. Hym. Eur. i. 433, 2. 



Pelopceus violaceus, Lepel. Hym. iii. 32, 21 ; Costa, Prosp. d, 

 Imenott. Ital. fasc. i. 21, 6. 



Pelopceus flehilis, Lepel. Hym. iii. 321, 22, 



Peloj)ceus bengalensis, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. iv. 320, 15; 

 id. Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 360, 19; Smith and Home, Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. vii. (1870), pt. iii. 163, pi. xxi. f. 2, 2a; Cam. Mem. & 

 Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, ii. (1889), 101, 2. 



Pundaloya (Green coll.). 



I think there is little do.ubt that Chalybion bengalensis of 

 Dahlbom = /Sj;)7ic.r 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, Linnasus, pt. 



230. Sphex lobatus, Fabricius. 



SpHex lobaius, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 348 (1775); Kohl, Ann. des 

 k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus. v. 177, 1. 



Sphex smaragdinus, Drury, Exot. Ins. iii. 57, pi. 42. f. 2. 



Sphex ccerulea, Christ (nee Drury), Naturg. Ins. 308, t. 30. f. 6. 



Spliex cimjsis, Christ, Naturg. Ins. 310, t. 30. f. 7; Kohl, 

 Termesz. Fiizetek, ix. 173 $ ^ ; Andre, Spec. Hym. iii. fasc. 27, 

 123 ? cf ; Cam. Mem. & Proc. Manch. Lit. & Phil. Soc. ser. 4, 

 ii. (1889), 105, 1. 



Sphex lobata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 206, 30. 



Chlorion lobcUum, 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. Linu. 

 Soc. xi. (1867), 360, 1. 



Chlorion azureum, Blanch. Hist. Nat. Anim. Art. iii. 351, pi. vi, 

 f. 6 ; Lepel. Hym. iii. 329. 



Pundaloya (Green coll.). 



