244 Journal of the Asiatic Sociely of Bengal. [N.S., XVIII, 
Hills (iii'09), Barapani, 3,100 ft. (vi'lS), Gauhati (x11) and 
Margherita and Lebong, 5,000 ft. (x°08). EK. Himalayas. A 
variable species described by Cameron under various names. ! 
Polybia stigma Smith. 
Sikkim ; Pashok, Darjiling District, 2,500 ft.; Rangoon; 
Perak ; Dawna Hills, L. Burma, 400-3,000 ft. ; Hills near Tai- 
ping, Perak. 
Subfamily RopaLIDINAE. 
Ropalidia ferruginea Fabr. 
Bengal; Orissa; N.W. India; Karachi; Portuguese 
India ; Pusa, Bihar; Akru, Bengal; Minba, Burma; Coimba- 
tore: Travancore; Poona, Surat, and Ahmedabad in the 
Bombay Presidency (Pusa coll.) A widely distributed species. 
Cameron describes the male in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VI. p.- 
- 495, 1900. 
Ropalidia marginata Lepel. 
Sikkim ; Margherita, Sadiya, and Shillong, Assam ; Ram- 
nad, §.E. India; Bombay: Hoshangabad, C.P.;: Bassein 
Fort (x'09), Surat, Nadiad, Ahmedabad and Poona in Bombay ; 
Coimbatore (Pusa coll.). 
Ropalidia variegata Smith. 
Sikkim; Siliguri; Calcutta; Allahabad: Simla Hills; 
Nepal; L. Burma: Ceylon; Java ; Andaman Islands. It is 
also widely distributed in Assam. 
Ropalidia gravelyi ap. nov. 
gin ochraceous; posterior margin sinuate. Mandibles dark- 
brown, a yellow spot at base, three large teeth and one small 
one. Inter-antennal space raised, carinate down the middle ; 
a large reddish spot on frons above antennae; eyes not deeply 
incised ; a reddish stripe alongside inner orbits extending to 
eye-Incisions ; a similar stripe behind eyes. Antennae brown- 
ish above, ochraceous below, scape somewhat lighter. 
Pronotum somewhat coarsely granular ; anterior half 
eS So Ree De eebsehe se obec = 
! Cf. Meade-Waldo, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) XIV, p. 406, 1914. 



