The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma: Hymenopetera (2 Vols-Set)

Contents: Vol. I. Wasps and Bees. xviii, 590 p., 4 col. plates, 189 b/w figs., ISBN 81-7019-026-6.

Vol. 2. Ants and Cuckoo-Wasps. xix, 506 p., 4 col. plates, 159 b/w figs., ISBN 81-7019-027-4.

From the preface: This volume is the second by Col. Bingham containing descriptions of Hymenopterous Insects, and includes the Ants, or Formicidae, and the Chrysididae. These families complete the aculeate division of the order hymenoptera. The first volume comprising the Bees and Wasps, was issued in 1897, and the author has devoted much of his time in the intervening years to the collection and study of Ants and other Insects in Burma and India. A single coloured plate, to illustrate the Chrysididae is added. The ants, which are dull-coloured and generally black or brown, are sufficiently represented by figures in the text. The Ants of India, Ceylon and Burma are numerous and they have received in recent years much attention from naturalists. The Chrysididae are less well known than the Ants and it is probable that further additions may be made to the list of species recorded as occurring in British India.