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BEMBIX ZONATA Klug 



Bembex sonata Klug, Waltl : Reise d. Tirol, etc., 1835, p. 96. — Handliksch, Sitz. 

 Akad. Wissensch. Wien, Matb.-Nat. CI., vol. 102, 1893. p. 712.— Dalla Torbe, 

 Cat. Hym., vol. 8, 1897, p. 515. 



The male of this species may be readily recognized by the unusual 

 dilation and flattening of segments 2-4 of the anterior tarsus; by the 

 peculiar form of the middle metatarsus, the proximal half being 

 flattened in one plane and the distal half flattened in another plane 

 almost at right angles to the first ; by the peculiar form of the process 

 on the sixth sternite, which extends entirely across the sternite ; and 

 by the two very prominent carinae on the seventh sternite. On both 

 male and female the fasciae on the tergite are continuous and sternites 

 2-5 are wholly yellow. On the female the sixth tergite and sternite 

 are maculated and the sides of the propodeum and thorax, as well as 

 the mesosternum, are almost entirely yellow. 



This species is found in Spain, Portgual, and southern France. I 

 have before me a male and a female determined by Mercet. The 

 female bears the label ''Los Molinos [Spain], G. Mercet," and the 

 male the label "Madrid [Spain], G. Mercet." 



BEMBIX FORMOSANA Bischoff 



BemHx formosana Bischoff, Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr., Ileft. 7, 1923, p. 714. 



Of this species I have two specimens, a male and a female, both 

 identified by Bischoff. The male bears the label " Formosa, Takao. 

 26.9.07, Sauter S. V.," and the female the label " S. Formosa, Takao, 

 7.8.1907, H. Sauter S. V." Judging by these labels and the data 

 given in the original description of the species, I presume these speci- 

 mens are from the number which Bischoff had before him when he 

 described the species. 



BEMBIX KRIECHBAUMERI Handlirsch 



Figures 113, 114 



Bembex krieschbaumeri Handlirsch, Sitz. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, Math.-Nat. 

 CI., vol. 102, 1893, p. 816.— Dalla Tokre, Cat. Hym., vol. 8, 1897, p. 507. 



I have before me a single male that I have referred to this species. 

 It bears the label, " Togo, Frau Geh. Kat Dowitz G." The antenna 

 is without spines or excavations; the posterior border of the middle 

 femur is plain, being neither serrate nor dentate; there is a long, low, 

 median, longitudinal carina on the second sternite; the sixth sternite 

 lacks a true process, but there is a median, rounded elevation near the 

 posterior end; the seventh tergite bears a prominent, median, longi- 

 tudinal carina. A pair of short, narrow discal lines is present on the 

 scutum; a fascia on posterior border of scutellum; a curved fascia 

 on the propodeum; broad continuous fasciae on tergites 1-5, the 



