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  collection) 
  is 
  common 
  and 
  widely 
  distributed. 
  It 
  shows 
  

   some 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  as 
  

   do 
  also 
  the 
  legs, 
  some 
  examples 
  having 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  

   entirely 
  yellow. 
  

  

  BEMBEX. 
  

  

  Of 
  this 
  well-known 
  genus, 
  only 
  four 
  species 
  are 
  known 
  

   from 
  our 
  region. 
  

  

  1. 
  Bembex 
  lunata. 
  

  

  Fabricius, 
  S>yst. 
  Pies., 
  224, 
  10 
  ; 
  Dahlbom, 
  Hym. 
  Eur. 
  I, 
  

   492, 
  33 
  ; 
  Smith, 
  Cat. 
  Hyin. 
  Inst. 
  IV, 
  328, 
  44.^ 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Tranquebar,^ 
  Tirhoot 
  {Rot/mey), 
  Bombay 
  

   ( 
  Wro2ighton\ 
  

  

  Seemingly 
  the 
  rarest 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  

  

  2. 
  Bembex 
  trepanda. 
  

  

  Dahlbom, 
  Hyin. 
  Eur. 
  I., 
  181 
  ; 
  Smith, 
  yt?//r. 
  Linn. 
  Soc, 
  

  

  1869, 
  366.1 
  

   Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rothney) 
  ; 
  Bombay 
  ( 
  Wro2ighto7t) 
  ; 
  

   Gilgit 
  (iWus. 
  Ca/.) 
  ; 
  Ceylon 
  (Rotkney), 
  Celebes,^ 
  Gilolo.^ 
  

  

  3. 
  Bembex 
  sulphurescens. 
  

  

  Dahlbom, 
  Hyni. 
  Eur. 
  I, 
  180; 
  Sva\\.h, 
  Jour. 
  Linn. 
  Soc, 
  

  

  1869, 
  328. 
  

   Hab. 
  Barrackpore, 
  Tirhoot, 
  Madras 
  (Rot/iney), 
  Punjaub.^ 
  

  

  4. 
  Bembex 
  melancholica. 
  

   Smith, 
  Cat. 
  ffym. 
  Ins., 
  IV., 
  328.' 
  

  

  Hab. 
  China, 
  Sumatra, 
  Borneo, 
  Singapore, 
  Bachian, 
  

   Celebes, 
  Aru, 
  Salwatty, 
  Morty 
  Islands.' 
  

  

  Said 
  by 
  Wallace 
  (/our. 
  Linn. 
  Soc, 
  1869, 
  296) 
  to 
  be 
  

   common 
  in 
  sandy 
  situations 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  PHILANTHIDyE. 
  

  

  Philanthus. 
  

   I 
  have 
  only 
  seen 
  one 
  Indian 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  but 
  

   Smith 
  records 
  six. 
  

  

  