1. Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900

1900. Polistes wattii Cameron, 416. Type: Female, West Bengal (BMNH).

1996. Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii; Carpenter, 9.

Diagnosis: Female: Occipital carina complete; dorsal and ventral metapleuron impunctate; striations on propodeum weak, not distinct near lower margin of side.

Colour description: Almost uniform yellow colour; hind tibia above usually black; narrow transverse reddish brown line on T1 after middle, T2 to T5 and S2 to S5 with bisinuate reddish brown line.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 12.5-13.5 mm.

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park, 4♀, 10.iv.2014 & 18.ix.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E.