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from the male in the following respects: The frons, except a small 

 round spot on either side the anterior ocellus, is entirely black; the 

 elypeus, except the ventral-lateral areas, is also black; and the labrum, 

 except a narrow longitudinal, lateral stripe on either side, is likewise 

 black. The fasciae on the tergites are similar to those on the male, 

 except that the first fascia is continuous on some specimens and more 

 or less widely interrupted on others, and the second fascia bears 

 inclosed discal marks instead of anterior emarginations. On two 

 of the females there is a pair of transverse discal marks on the 

 extreme posterior border of the scutum ; on all there are maculations 

 on the posterior dorsal surface of the propodeum; and on some the 

 metanotum is also maculated. The wings are only slightly infumated. 

 The male bears the label, " D. O. Af rika, Forst St. Msalla, 15. IV. 

 Brandenburg S. V." The females bear a common label, " Victoria- 

 Nyansa, I. Ukerewe, Conrads S. G." 



BEMBIX CINEREA Handlirsch 



Benibex cinerea Handlirsch. Sitz. Akad. Wissensch. Wien. Math.-Nat. CI., vol. 



102, 1893, p. 837.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., vol. 8, 1897, p. 503. 

 Benibix cinerea Parker, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 52, 1917, p. 84. 



This species seems to occur only in those States bordering the 

 eastern and southern coasts of the United States. The species is 

 relatively small and is sparingly maculated. The male has the lateral 

 areas of the elypeus black. The specimens on which Handlirsch 

 based his description of the species were from Georgia. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Florida. 

 Georgia. 



New Jersey: Cape May (July, 1890). 



Texas. ,tt(. 



BEMBIX HINEI Parker 



Betiibix hinei Parker, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. vol. 52. 1917, p. 86. 



This species is very closely related to cinerea Handlirsch, from 

 which it may be distinguished by the fact that in this species the 

 tarsi are invariably yellow, whereas in cinerea the tarsi are wholly or 

 in part black, never wholly yellow. The mandibles on cinerea are 

 black, whereas on this species they are largely yellow. On the male 

 of this species the elypeus is wholly yellow and the genital stipes is 

 quite different from that of cinerea. This species is larger than 

 cinerea and its maculations are better developed. 



spek:imons examined 

 Louisiana. 



Texas: Brownsville; Galveston (May, F. H. Snow); Ladre Island (June 29, 

 1895). 



