1922. ] Diploplera in the Indian Museum. 237 
Eumenes affinisima Sauss. 
Mussorie, 7,000 ft. (#2. Brunetti, 20-26-v'07); Simla Hills, 
9,000 ft (N. Annandale and S. W. Kemp, 18-21-vi06); Raj- 
shahi, E. Bengal (N. Annandale, 1- 6'ii'07). 
Kumenes punctata Sauss. 
This is apparently acommon insect in Sikkim. Dudgeon’s 
E., subtestacea (? MS. only), the type of which is in the Indian 
Museum, is undoubtedly a synonym of this species. 
Humenes mazxillosus var. circinalis Fabr. 
Perak, Malay Reninaale: 
Eumenes mazillosus var. petidlotad| Fabr. 
Widely distributed in the Oriental region, extending to 
Austrajia. Bingham remarks that the form does not extend 
to the hills above 2,000 feet, but from conus in‘ the 
Museum collection we see that it has been taken at consider- 
ably higher altitudes. In the Pusa collection there are speci- 
mens from Naduvatam, Nilgiris, 7,000 ft. (v'04) ; Santikoppa, 
North Coorg (v. 14). 
Eumenes mazxillosus var. dimidiatipennis Sauss. 
This is a fairly common Oriental and N. African wasp. 
Cretin (Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. X1V, p. 820) gives some 
interesting notes on the habits of this form. The above three 
orms were regarded as distinct species by Bingham, but 
Bequaert has recently shown! that they are really varieties of 
E, peeeet: which is a common and widely distributed 
African specie 
Eumenes caffer var. esuriens Fabr. 
This is a common Indian wasp which has been taken also 
d. 
in N. Africa and Queenslan 
Eumenes caffer var. gracilis Sauss. 
This form has a somewhat similar distribution to the 
previous one, but Mr. G. R. Dutt tells us: that it-is a very 


| Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXXIX, pp..856-69, 1918, 
