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Show 450 Lf .-COL. C T. BINGHAM ON THE [Mar. 17, Sphex tropica, Sulz. Die Kenn. d. Insect, t. 27. f. 5. Vespa unifasciata, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 677, 39. Vespa tenebrionis, Christ, Hym. 216. Pundaloya (Green coll.). The remarks in Tennent's ' Natural History of Ceylon,' ch. xii. p. 417, evidently refer to this insect, and not to Sphex ferruginea, Lepel.=aurulentus, Fabr. 287. VESPA OBLITERATA, Smith. Vespa obliterata, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc new ser. ii. (1852-53), 47 ; Saussure, Mon. Guepes Soc 149, 32 2 ', Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. v. 119, 18; Jour. Linn. Soc xi. (1867), 383, 8. Pundaloya (Green coll.). Genus POLISTES, Latreille. 288. POLISTES STIGMA, Fabricius. Vespa stigma, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 275, 78. Vespa tamula, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 263, 78. Polistes stigma, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 261, 41; Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 64, 21 2 ; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. v. 102, 9 ; Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867J, 381, 5. Polistes tamula, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 274, 27. Pundaloya (Green coll.). Genus ICARIA, Saussure. 289. ICARIA FERRUGINEA, Fabricius. Vespa ferruginea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 280, 95. Polistes ferruginea, Fabr. Syst. Piez. 277, 39. Icaria ferruginea, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. 38, 17 2 £ i pl» v-f. 6; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. v. 97, 20; Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 378, 2. Pundaloya (Green coll.). 290. ICARIA MARGINATA, Lepeletier. Epipona marginata, Lepel. Hym. i. 541, 3 $ 8 • Icaria ferruginea, Sauss. (nee Fabr.), Mon. Guepes Soc. 38, 17 (var.). Icaria marginata, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc App. 237 £ ; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. v. 97, 21. Pundaloya (Green coll.). Family ANDEBNID«, Leach. Genus PROSOPIS, Fabricius. 291. PROSOPIS MONILICORNIS, Motschulsky. Prosopis monilicornis, Motsch. Bull. Soc Imp. d. Nat. Mosc. (1863), 24, 245; Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc xi. (1867), 385, 6. |
