360 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1895. 



7. Bembex texana Cress. 



Bembex texana Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. , IV. p. 219, 9 

 Bembex texana Handlirsch, 1. c, p. 730, PI. II, f. 30, PI. VII, f. 21, 9 $ 



Texas; Geoi'gia; Florida; Carolina and Kentucky (Handlirsch). 



8. Bembex troglodytes Hdl. 



Bembex troglodytes Handlirsch, 1. c, p. 829, PL II, f. 29, 9 $ 



Mexico (Handlirsch); Texas; Jacksonville, Florida (Ashmead). 

 The $ of this species resembles that of the Sayi to some extent, 

 but abdomen is more hairy and the antenna? not dentate. In his 

 description of this species Handlirsch states that the antennse are not 

 dentate, while in the synoptic table at the end of his work they are 

 stated to be just the contrary. 



9. Bembex connexus n. sp. Plate XIV, f. 3. 



9 . — Black; head and thorax with cinereous pubescence, that on 

 dorsulum short; with exception -of the first dorsal segment the 

 abdomen is almost naked, being very sparsely clothed with a short 

 pubescence; inner and posterior orbits, spot between antennse and 

 another before the anterior ocellus, clypeus, labrum, mandibles 

 except apex, scape and flagellum beneath, sides of prothorax, large 

 spot on mesopleurse anteriorly, metapleurse, greater part of sides of 

 middle segment, tegulse more or less, spot on fore and medial coxse, 

 femora except a line above, tibiae except small spot within on 

 anteriors, tarsi except claws, large spots on first segment, interrupted 

 internally, broad bands or segments 2-5, whose anterior margin is 

 strongly sinuated, that on segment 5 slightly interrupted medially, 

 spot on segment 6, large spot on each side of ventrals 2-5, which 

 spots are connected by a narrow transverse line, this being enlarged 

 medially, and two longitudinal spots on sixth segment, yellowish; 

 wings hyaline, nervures dark testaceous ; punctures of second 

 ventral segment strongly and sparsely punctured medially. Length 

 20 mm. 



$ . — Marked and colored like the 9 , except in the following 

 points: line on pronotum, a spot on each side of scutellum, line on 

 metanotum yellow; the yellow on sides of thorax is more extended, 

 while the spots on ventral abdominal segments are not connected; no 

 black line on medial femora above, and that on the fore and hind fem- 

 ora is less than in the 9 ; joints 6-8, or 9 of flagellum dentate; medial 

 femora beneath serrate; second ventral segment armed with a large 

 tooth, and the sixth with a smaller one which is strongly furrowed 



