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the median dull and opaque but with only scattered fine punctures. 

 Legs : stout, the posterior femora studded with two rows of short 

 thick spines. Wings : light brownish hyaline ; nervures brown. 

 Abdomen minutel}^ aciculate, dull and opaque except the basal 

 segment which is smooth and shining above. 



Length. — 5 , 15 ; exp. 31 mm. 



Hah. — Himalayas, 9,000 ft., north of Taunghi. 



This very distinct form superficially resembles C. melanotarsis , 

 Cam., from the Khasi Hills, but in the latter the legs are more or 

 less red; there is only one transverse red stripe on the abdomen, 

 and that is on the third, not the second abdominal segment; and 

 the sculpture of the median segment is entirely different. 



DIPLOPTERA. 



Family EUMENID^, 

 Odynerus ovalis, Saussure. 



Odynerus ovalis, Sauss., Mon, Guep. Sol., 1852, p. 215; Bingh., 

 Faun. Brit. Ind, Hym., i, 1897, p. 369. 

 Hah. — Ferozepore. 

 Throughout the plains of India. 



Family VBSPID^. ^ 



Polyhia stigma, Smith. 



Polyhia stigma, Smith, Jour. lyinn. Soc. lyond., 1858, p. 114 ; 

 Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym., i, 1897, p. 384. 

 Hab. — Burma : Rangoon. 

 A common form in Burma, extending to Borneo. 



Polistes marginalis, Fabricius. 



Vespa marginalis, Fabr., Syst. Ent., 1775, p. 367 ; Sauss., Mon. 

 Guep. Soc, 1853-1858, p. 62, pi. 6, fig. 2. ' 



Hab. — Himalayas : Simla ; Nepal : Katmandu. 



A very widespread form. The Himalayan form or variety is 

 very dark. 



Vespa flaviceps, Smith. 



Vespa flaviceps, Smith, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., vii, 3, 1870, 

 p. 191, pi. 21, figs. 10 and II; Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym., i, 

 1897, p. 406. 



Hah. — Himalayas: Simla hills. 



At low elevations in Sikhim, also found in the hills of Tenas- 

 serim. . 



Vespa auraria, Smithr ■ ■ 



Vespa auraria, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1852, p. 46, 

 pi. 8, fig. 8, 5 ; Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym., i, 1897, p. 407. 



