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among which are present many coarser hairs. The sixth tergite, 

 which is bhmtly triangular and broadly rounded at the apex, is finely 

 punctate and covered with a fine, dense, closely appressed pubescence, 

 among which near the lateral margins are numerous coarser and 

 longer hairs. The extreme apical margin is smooth and shining. 



Length 20 mm. Described from a single female bearing the label, 

 " Philippinen, Insel Luzon, RoUe V." 



Tyfe. — In the Zoologisches Museum der Universitat, Berlin. 



BEMBIX NUPERA, new species 



Type (female). — Black: labrura; mandibles except tips; clypeus 

 in part; broad anterior orbits; pair of spots on frons below level of 

 anterior ocellus; posterior orbits broad below and each interrupted 

 at vertex; posterior broader of pronotum Enclosing a pair of elon- 

 gated black lateral spots; sides of prothorax; lateral lines, pair of 

 transverse posterior spots and vestiges of pair of longitudinal discal 

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

 metanotum; vestiges of fascia on propodeum; large spot on side of 

 propodeum (not reaching lateral angle) ; line on anterior margin of 

 metapleura; two spots on mesopleura; conspicuous, continuious 

 fasciae on tergites 1-5, that on first slightly narrowed medially, those 

 on 2-5 bisinuate on anterior border the sinuations on tergite 2 widely 

 separated, the width of the separation decreasing from two to five, 

 those on 2-4 acutely emarginate at midline on posterior border ; apex 

 of tergite 6; fasciae on posterior border of sternites 2-5; tibiae in 

 part; and tarsi; a light and variable shade of yellow. Clypeus in 

 part; scape; flagellum below; legs, except tibiae in part and trasi; 

 large median spot on sternite 2 almost interrupting the fascia; 

 median transverse area between the black basal border and the pos- 

 terior fascia practically interrupting the fascia on sternites 3-5 ; sixth 

 sternite entirely; and basal part of the maculation on tergite 6; 

 ferruginous. 



The flagellum is dusky above, being darkest toward the apex. The 

 ferruginous is most in evidence on the basal segments of the legs and 

 on the sternites. The clypeus on its basal half is strongly carinate 

 and its color is a mingling of light yellow and ferruginous with a 

 basal spot on either side the carina that is almost black. The basal 

 portion on either side the carina is covered with short, dense, 

 silvery pubescence. The frons is wide and carinate between the 

 antennae and the inner eye-margins are slightly divergent at the 

 clypeus. The anterior metatarsus is provided with seven spines. 

 The wings are hyaline and the second abscissa of the cubitella is 

 lacking. The disk of the second sternite is smooth and shining and 



