1922.] Diploptera in the Indian Museum. 249 
Vespa orientalis Linn. 
Widely distributed. Various localities in Bengal; Ranchi; 
Persia ; Baluchistan. 
Vespa basalis Smith. 
Sikkim, 4,000-6,000 ft.; Assam: Dehra Dun. 
Vespa bicolor Fabr. 
Darjiling District ; Mishmi eduntry, Assam Frontier. 
Vespa germanica var. flaviceps Smith. 
Mussorie; Kumaon; Simla Hills; Nepal. Bingham re- 
garded this form as a distinct species, but Du Buysson ! right- 
ly considers it a variety of V. germanica, which together with 
V. rufa was a few years ago, recorded from India by Cameron.® 
Vespa auraria Smith. 
Sikkim; Shillong, Assam ; Kashmir; Nepal. 

! Ann, Soc. Ent. France, 1904, p. 6 
2 Zeits. Hym. Dipt. 11, p. 317, i908. 
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