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FASCICULI MALATENSES 



134. Vespa cincta 



Vespa cincta, Fabr., Syst. Ent., 1775, p. 362. 



Vespa afRnis, Fabr., Mant. Ins. i, 1787, p. 287. 



Vespa unifasciata, O/iv., Encycl. Meth. vi, 1 79 1 , p. 677. 



Biserat and Patani. 



A single % and several $ 's. 



A common Indian and Malayan wasp. The amount of yellow on the 

 abdomen is very variable. 



135. Vespa auraria 



Vespa auraria, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) ii (1852), p. 46, <j>, pi. viii, fig. 8, 



Telom. 4,000 feet. 23rd January, 1902. 



' Closely mimicked by a Syrphid fly taken on the same day and in the 

 same part of the jungle.' 



Described originally from the Himalayas. I procured it at high 

 elevations in Tenasserim. 



ANTHOPHILA 



COLLETIDAE 



PROSOPIS, Fabr. 

 136. Prosopis mixta 



Prosopis mixta, Smith, A. M. N. H. (2) ix (1852), p. 50, 

 Prosopis leucotarsis, Cam., Mem. Manch. L. and Ph. Soc. xli, 1 897, No. iv, p. 90. 



Biserat. 21st October, 1901. 

 Described by Smith, from India ; no precise locality. Has not yet 

 been recorded from Burma or Tenasserim. 



APIDAE 



SPHECODES, Latr. 

 137. Sphecodes crassicornis. 



Sphecodes crassicornis, Smith, New. sp. Hym. Brit. Mus. y 1879, p. 28, $. 

 Sphecodes sodalis, Smith, t.c, p. 28, $. 



$. Biserat. 6th August, 1901. 

 9. Sungkei. 1 1 th February, 1902. 



The type specimen, a $, is from Calcutta. The $ closely resembles the 

 $, but is slightly larger and has no black at the base of the abdomen. 



