112 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM yol. 7r, 



Allotype (female). — Black: labrum; mandibles, except tips; cly- 

 peus, except pair of small basal marks; frons between antennae; 

 elliptical spot below anterior ocellus; anterior orbits narrowed and 

 shortened above; scape, except small apical spot above; posterior 

 orbits narrowed and interrupted above; posterior border of prothorax 

 including tubercles; lateral lines and U-shaped discal mark on 

 scutum; narrow fascia on posterior border of scutellum; fascia on 

 metanotum ; curved fascia on propodeum ; small spot on mesopleura ; 

 interrupted fascia on first tergite greatly narrowed at midline; con- 

 tinuous fasciae on tergites 2-5, deeply and roundly biemarginate on 

 anterior dorsal border and acutely emarginate at midline on posterior 

 border; sixth tergite; small lateral spots on sternites 2-4; apex of 

 femora in part; tibiae, except line below; and tarsi; yellow. The 

 labrum, clypeus, scape, and anterior orbits are pale ratlier than 

 yellow. 



The flagellum is ferruginous with the first and second segments 

 black above. 



The frons in this species is distinctly carinate and the carina is con- 

 tinued on the base of the clypeus. The wings are remarkably short 

 and hj^aline, though the abundance of short hairs upon the surface 

 causes them to appear slightly infumated. The second intercubitus 

 is only slightly bent on both sexes, but is less so on the female than 

 on the male. The pubescence is very short and inconspicuous. The 

 anterior metatarsus is provided with seven spines. The second ster- 

 nite of the female is shining and thickly set with coarse punctures. 

 The sixth tergite, except near the apex, which is triangular and 

 roundly pointed, is covered with long, fine hair, among which later- 

 ally are a number of stout, spinelike hairs. The inner eye-margins 

 are almost parallel, being only very slightly divergent at the clypeus. 



Length about 20 mm. Described from two specimens from eastern 

 Africa. The type bears the label, "D. O. Afrika, Usaramo, Rufiaji 

 Klurtusteppe. X — XI, Gotze S." The allotype bears the label, 

 '^ Nyassa See, Langenburg, 20—25, V. 99, Dr. Fiitteborn S." 



Type. — In the Zoologisches Museum cler Universitat. Berlin. 



BEMBIX SPATULATA, new species 



Figures 193-195 



Type (male). — Black: labrum; mandibles, except tips; clypeus; 

 scape below; frons to level of anterior ocellus, except central black 

 spot; posterior orbits: prothorax almost entirely; broken U-shaped 

 discal mark and short lateral lines at base of wings on scutum; narrow 

 fascia on posterior border of scutellum enlarged at ends; narrow 

 fascia on metanotum ; narrow '-urved fascia, interrupted mediallj' on 



