igoS.] Records of the Indian Museum. 355 



Pompilus iliacus, Cameron. 



Pompilus iliacus, Cam,, Jour, Straits Asiatic Soc, xxxviii, p. 90. 

 Hab. — Nepal : Nagarkote. 



The specimen is not typical, and it is possibly a closely allied 

 new form. 



Family SPHEGID^. 



Tachytes modesta, Smith, 



Tachytes modesta, Smith, Cat, Hym. Brit, Mus,, iv, 1856, 

 p, 299; Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym., i, 1897, p, 190, 

 Hab. — Calcutta. 

 Probably spread throughout India, Burma, Siam and China, 



Lyroda formosa, Smith. 



Morphota formosa, Smith, Jour, Ijnn, Soc. Lond., 1859, V-^7 ,^ • 

 Lyroda formosa. Kohl., Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1884, 

 p, 267; Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind, Hym., i, 1897, p, 209, 

 Hab. — Lucknow ; Calcutta. 

 Widely spread. Originally described from the Celebes. 



Pis on pundifrons, Shuckard. 



Pison pundifrons, Shuck., Trans, Ent. Soc, Lond., 1837, p. yy, 

 9 ; Bingh,, Faun. Brit, Ind. Hym., i, 1897, P- 219, 



Hab. — Purneah. 



Spread sparingly throughout Continental India, Assam and 

 Burma. 



Try poxy Ion intrudens. Smith. 



Trypoxylon intrudens, Smith, Trans, Zool. Soc. lyond., vii, 

 1872, p. 188 ; Bingh,, Faun. Brit, Ind, Hym,, i, 1897, p, 224. 



Hab. — Purneah. 



Occurs apparently throughout Continental India, Assam, Cey- 

 lon, Burma and Tenasserim. 



Ammophila (Psammophila) tydei, Le Guillon, 



Ammophila tydei, Le Guillon, Ann. Soc. Ent, Fr., x, 1841, 



P- 319, ? • 



Hab. — Himalayas : Simla hills, Theog, 8,000 ft. 



A remarkably wide ranging form found in Southern Europe, 

 Northern Africa, through Western Central Asia, Baluchistan, the 

 Himalayas, parts of Southern India, and the Malayan region to 

 Australia, 



Sceliphron bilineatum, Smith, 



Pelopceus bilineatus. Smith, Ann, Mag, Nat, Hist. (2), ix, 1852, 

 p, 47 ; Bingh., Faun, Brit, Ind, Hym,, i, 1897, P- 238, 

 Hab. — Meerut, 

 Originally described from Western India, 



