44 FASCICULI MALATENSES 



A common and widely-spread insect from Eastern Africa, through 

 Persia, India, Burma, China, Japan, and the Malayan sub-region. 



LYRODA, Say. 



98. Lyroda venusta 



Lyroda venusta, Bingh., Faun. Brit. bid. Hym. i, 1897, p. 210, 



9 . Biserat. 



' Flying about in low vegetation in orchard at dusk.' 

 Described originally from Burma. 



TRYPOXYLON, Latr. 



99. Trypoxylon bicolor 



Trypoxylon bicolor, Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. iv, 1856, p. 377, 



9 • Biserat. 



' Collecting mud from puddle at edge of jungle path.' 



AMMOPHILA, Kirby 



100. Ammophila atripes 



Ammophila atripes, Smith, A.M.N.H. (2), ix (1852), p. 46. 



Ammophila simillima, et pulchella, Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. iv, 1856, 



pp. 2 1 7 and 218. 

 Ammophila spinosa, Smith, A.M.N.H. (4), xii (1873), p. 259, 

 Ammophila buddha, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. and Ph. Soc. (4), ii (1889), pp. 93 



and 94. 



9 . Biserat. 



' Among bushes at edge of rice-field — dusk.' 



Both this and the next form are common, and spread generally through 

 the Indo-Malayan region. 



101. Ammophila nigripes 



Ammophila nigripes, Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. iv, 1856, p. 215, $. 



$ . Sungkei. loth February, 1902. 



' On sand.' 



India, Burma, Sumatra, Borneo. 



