248 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
Polistes dawnae sp. nov. 
A black species. 
Female: Head rather closely punctured with very close 
silvery pubescence. Clypeus approximately as broad as long, 
strongly convex; posterior margin sinuate ; sparsely punctate, 
covered with close silvery pile; anterior margin obtusely 
angled with a few golden hairs; an ochraceous stripe along 
inner orbits, and another on vertex behind eyes ; inter-anten- 
nal space raised and tuberculate. Antennae uniformly black ; 
lum narrow, triangular, almost impunctate ; two transverse, 
yellowish, elongate markings anteriorly. Median segment 
flattened with a deep, median furrow; distinctly transversely 
striate; a large yellowish marking on each half; closely 
pubescent on sides. 
Abdomen pruinose ; basal segment transversely suleated 
across the middle; yellow, excepting a black almost triangu- 
lar mark at the base; vertex of the triangle reaching about 
the middle of the segment ; an ochraceous narrow band along 
the apical margin and sides of the second segment ; apical 
margins of fourth, fifth and sixth segments faintly testaceous. 
Legs blackish with fine silvery pubescence ; sides of tibiae 
with an ochraceous line. : 
Wings hyaline, brownish yellow along the costal margin ; 
radial cell slightly fuscous. 
Length: 10mm.; expanse: 21 mm. 
Habitat: Dawna Hills, 2,000-3,000 ft., L. Burma. (4. 
Annandale, 2°iii09). ree 
ype in the collection of the Zoological Survey of Indian 
Museum, Calcutta. Near P. adustus Bingham, but distinct. 
Subfamily VESPINAE. 
Vespa dorulloides Sauss. 
Widely distributed and fairly common in the FE. Hima- 
layas, in Assam, Burma, Borneo and Sumatra, It has also 
the Malay Peninsula and Java. Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher 
ried us that this species flies by night and is often attracted to 
ight. : | 
Vespa ducalis Smith. 
Sikkim ; Nepal; U. Burma. Also common in Assam. 

