46 FASCICULI MALATENSES 



106. Sphex aurulentus 



Sphex aurulenta, Fabr., Mant. Ins. i, 1787, p. 274. 



Sphex ferruginea, Lepel, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. iii, 1845, p. 345, <j>. 



Sphex aurulentus, Kohl., Ann. Naturh. Hofences x, 1895, P- 53> ?> 



2 9 ' s - Bidor, South Perak. 3rd to 20th February, 1902. 



Common throughout the Indo-Malayan region. 



BEMBEX, Fabr. 



107. Bembex trepanda 



Bembex trepanda, Dah/b., Hym. Eur. i, 1845, PP- an d 490. 



9 . Patani. 



* Flying with great rapidity over sand at midday.' 



Found generally spread through the Indo-Malayan region. 



STIZUS, Latr. 



108. Stizus sirrtillimus 



Larra simillina, Smith, hum. Linn. Soc. iii, 1858, p. 159, 



Stizus simillimus, Handl. Sitzber. Akad. JViss Wien. ci, 1892, p. 56. 



9- Sungkei. 1 1 th February, 1902. 



'Carrying off Homopteron of greater bulk than itself ; clasped its 

 prey by the head with its second legs.' 

 A wide-spread form. 



CERCERIS, Latr. 

 109. Cerceris ferox 



Cerceris ferox, Smith, Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus. iv, 1856, p. 454, 



9 . Biserat. 



Occurs in Tenasserim and in Sumatra. 



110. Cerceris pictiventris 



Cerceris pictiventris, Dahlbom., Hym. Eur.\, 1845, p. 498. 

 Cerceris novarae, Sauss., Novara Reise Hym., 1867, p. 92, %. 

 Cerceris fervens, Smith, A.M. IS. H. (4) xii (1873), p. 411, $. 



9. Biserat. 20th October, 1901. 



Found throughout India, Ceylon, Burma, and Tenasserim. 



