(4) Eumenes (Eumenes) punctatus de Saussure, 1852

Figs 7-11, 132-133

Eumenes punctata de Saussure, 1852: 37, "La Chine", NHMUK. Type species: female, male.

Material examined.

CHINA: Hong Kong: 6♀, Ping Shan Chai, Malaise trap, 26.iv.-05.v.2006, 10-25.x.2015, 12-26.v.2018 & 26.v.-14.vii.2018, UTM: 50Q KK 106 893, 140m, refs: M038. A.Hy. 9, M223. D.Hy. 1, M348. C.Hy. 4 & M351. D.Hy. 5 [CBC], same location 21-26.vi.2006 & 30.vii.-03.ix.2016, refs.: M044. A.Hy. 11, M258. D.Hy. 2, leg. C. Barthélémy [AMNH] , 1♀, same location, hand net, 04.vi.2016, ref.: 0592.B. Hy. 8 [CBC]; 2♀, Pak Sha O, 20.vi.2009 hand net & 05.iv.2010 reared, UTM: 50Q KK 242 849, 70m, ref.: 0347. A.Hy. 1 & 0391. A.Hy. 1 [CBC] , 1♂ same location, 01.vii.2011 reared, ref.: 0443.A. Hy. 1 [CBC]; 2♂, Mang Kung Wo, Malaise trap, 07-21.vii.2018 & 21.vii.-04.viii.2018, UTM: 50Q KK 174 760, 60m, refs.: M353. C.Hy. 1 & M356. C.Hy. 2 [CBC] .

Distribution.

China (Hebei, Hong Kong, Inner Mongolia, Kiangsu, Sichuan); India; Sri Lanka; Korea; Japan; Russia.

Remarks.

An abundant wasp in Hong Kong with Palearctic affinities. First recorded by Dover (1926) as Eumenes coarcatus punctatus Sauss. In our collected material we have at least three colour variants of this species, which are illustrated in figures 10-14.