6. Eumenes buddha Cameron, 1897

Eumenes buddha Cameron, 1897: 86, ♀—“Barrackpore, Bengal” (OUM); Cameron, 1898: 36 (notes); Rothney, 1903: 106 (cat.); Dalla Torre, 1904: 21 (cat.); Giordani Soika, 1960: 160 (key), 161 (in subgenus Eumenes); Zhou et al., 2012: 469 (key).

Diagnosis. T 2, in profile View, only Slightly Swollen in middle, weakly impreSSed preapically and apical margin Slightly reflected; apical margin of T2 not emarginate medially; T2 longer than wide in dorSal View, with hairS Very Short, mUch Shorter than thoSe at baSe of T1; tegUla withoUt emargination at lateral margin; T1 pear-Shaped, leSS than 4x itS apical width, and abrUptly Swollen before middle, dilated poSterior part with almoSt parallel SideS in dorSal View; temple with hairS; tegUla black; interantennal with yellow mark cloSe to baSe of clypeUS; apex of T1 with narrow yellow mark; T2 with narrow yellow band, with width leSS than 1/3 of the width of tergUm and withoUt a black mark in the band; pronotUm with UninterrUpted broad yellow tranSVerSe band; Ventral Side of Scape yellow; head, mesosoma and metasoma with white setae; apical margins of T3–T4 without yellow marks in the ♂.

Distribution. India: WeSt Bengal; China.

Remarks: SpecimenS of thiS SpecieS were not aVailable for oUr StUdy, hence the diagnoSiS waS taken from Giordani Soika (1960) and ZhoU et al. (2012).