FASCICULI MALATENSES 49 



VESPIDAE 



ISCHNOGASTER, Gu6r. 

 120. Ischnogaster fraterna 



Ischnogaster fraterna, Bingh., Faun. Brit. Ind. Hym. i, 1897, p. 378, $. 

 Bukit Bcsar. 3,500 feet. 29th April, 1901. 

 1 Flying about and resting on leaves.' 

 Originally described from Tenasserim. 



121. Ischnogaster eximia. 



Ischnogaster eximia, Bingb., Journ. Bomb. TV. H. Soc. v (1 890), p. 244, $, fig. nest. 



A single 9 ; n0 locality. 



Described originally from Ceylon. I have received specimens lately from 

 Burma and Pahang, Malay Federated States. 



122. Ischnogaster nitidipennis 



(Plate A, figs. 6, 6a, 6b, 9 ) 



Ischnogaster nitidipennis, Sauss., Etud. Faun. Vesp. ii, 1853, p. 10, pi. xxxiv, 

 fig- 4, $■ 



A single 9 ■ Bukit Besar. 2,500 feet. 25th August, 1901. 

 Not uncommon in Tenasserim. Saussure described it from Cayenne in 

 America, but I suspect an error in locality, as all the rest of the known forms 

 of Ischnogaster are from the Indo-Malayan region. 



123. Ischnogaster nigrifrons 



Ischnogaster nigrifrons, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. ii (1857), p. 113, °.. 



Biserat, Sungkei, and Jeram Kawan. 

 Noted as very common, and fastening its cells to fibres that have become 

 separated from wooden rafters. In Tenasserim, where it is very common, it 

 fastens its cells to detached straws in the roofs of native houses, rest houses, 

 etc. A nest was figured in my paper, Journ. Bomb. N. H. Soc. v, 1890, pp. 

 233-252. 



POLYBIA, Lepel. 



124. Polybia sumatrensis 



Polybia sumatrensis, Sauss., Rev. et Mag. Zoo/., 1855, p. 374. 



Bukit Besar, Biserat, and Sungkei. 

 1 Flying in numbers round the tops of the bananas, evening.' 

 Spread through the Indio-Malayan region. 



