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BEMBIX LIBERIENSIS. new specie* 



Figures 119-122 



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

 except a pair of large basal spots; spot on lower side of scape; pos- 

 terior orbits narrowed above and not reachino- the vertex; pair of 

 small dorsal spots on posterior border of prothorax ; spot on side of 

 protliorax; small spot on lateral angle of propodeiim; widely sep- 

 arated lateral spot on first tergite; interrupted fascia abrupth' nar- 

 rowed medially on second tergite ; continuous fasciae on tergites three 

 and f our, biemarginate anteriorly and deeply emarginate on posterior 

 median line; interrupted fascia on tergite 5; pair of small lateral 

 spots onsternite 2; spots and stripes varying in size on tlie legs; 

 pale yelloic. 



The flagellum is entirely black. Segments 8 and 9 are spinose and 

 segments 7-12 show light-colored specialized areas on posterior side. 

 The apical segment is longer than the eleventh ; in fact, is almost as 

 long as eleventh and terith combined ; it is slightly curved and roundly 

 pointed at the apex. The legs show no special modifications. The 

 second sternite bears a small, sharp-pointed, median process and the 

 sixth bears a larger, bluntly pointed, median process near the apex 

 of the sternite. The sixth also bears a pair of conspicuous, curved, 

 lateral carinae. The seventh sternite bears q^pair of lateral, parallel 

 carinae that do not extend to the apex of the sternite. 



Allotype. — -Black: labrum. except lateral bordei's basally; mandi- 

 bles, except tips; apical border of clypeus; trace of anterior orbits; 

 posterior orbits ; obscure spot on lower side of scape ; pair of small 

 dorsal spots on posterior border of pronotum ; spot on side of pro- 

 thorax; vertical line on mesopleura; lateral angle of propodeum: 

 widely separated lateral spots on first tergite; interrupted fa.sciae. ail 

 narrowed medially, on tergites 2-5, the interruption being wide on 

 the second tergite and very narrow on the fifth; small lateral spot.s 

 on sternites 1-5 ; stripes on femora, tibiae, and tarsi of all legs ; pale 

 toiled yellow. 



The seventh tergite on the male is triangular in outline, narrow 

 and truncated at the apex, whereas on the female it is rounded at the 

 apex and is finely and uniformly punctate, except toward the apex, 

 where the punctures are coarser and more .scattered. The extreme 

 apical portion is without punctures. 



Length, 23 mm. Described from one male and one female from. 

 Liberia, Africa. The two specimens are in poor condition so that the 

 exact shade of the maculations is uncertain. 



Type and allotype.— i^ai. No. 40845, U.S.N.M. 



