450 M.-OOt. C. T. BlNGHAlt ON THE [Mar. 17, 



Sphex tropica, Sulz. Die Kenn. d. Insect, t. 27. f. 5. 



Vespa unifasciata, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 677, 39. 



Vespa tenebrionis, Christ, Hym. 216. 



Pundaloya {Green coll.). 



The remarks in Tennent's ' Natural History of Ceylon,' ch. xii. 

 p. 417, evidently refer to this insect, and not to Sphex ferruginea, 

 Lepel.=auruZewtus, Fabr. 



287. Vespa oblixehata. Smith. 



Vespa ohliterata, Smith, Trans. Eut. Soc. new ser. ii. (1852-53), 

 47 ; Saussure, Mon. Guepes Soc. 149, 32 ? ; Smith, Cat. Hym. 

 Ins. B. M. V. 119, 18; Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. ("1867), 383, 8. 



Pundaloya {Oreen coll.). 



Genus Polistes, Latreille. 



288. PoLiSTES STIGMA, Fabricius. 



Vespa stigma, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 275, 78. 



Vespa tamula, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 263, 78. 



PoUstes stigma, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 261 , 41 ; Sauss. Mon. Guepes 

 Soc. 64, 21 5 ; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. v. 102, 9 ; Jour. 

 Linn. Soc. xi. (1867;, 381, 5. 



Foliates tamula, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 274, 27. 



Pundaloya {Green coll.). 



Genus Ioaeia, Saussure. 



289. Ioaeia fbbrtj0inea, Fabricius. 



Vespa ferruginea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 280, 95. 



Polistes fen-uginea, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 277, 39. 



icaria fen-uginea, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 38, 17 $ ^ , pi. v. 

 f. 6 ; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B, M. v. 97, 20 ; Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. 

 (1867), 378, 2. 



Pundaloya {Green coll.), 



290. loABiA iLAHGiNATA, Lopeletier. 

 Epipona marginata, Lepel. Hym. i. 541, 3^ d • 



Icaria ferruginea, Sauss. (neo Fabr.), Mon. Guepes Soc. 38, 17 

 (var.). 



Icaria marginata, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. App. 237 2 ! Smith, 

 Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. v. 97, 21. 



Pundaloya {Green coll.). 



Family Andebnid^, Leach, 

 Genus Peosohs, Fabricius. 



291. Prosopis monilicoenis, Motschulsky. 



Frosopis monilicornis, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Imp. d. Nat. Mosc. 

 (1863), 24, 245; Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 385, 6. 



