BEMBEX. 289 



*520. Bembex orientalis, Hnndl. Sitzungsb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, cii, 189 

 p. 737, ? 6 , pl- i, fig. 18, pi. V, fig. 19, pi. vi, tig. 16. 



9 S . Closely allied to and resembling B. trepanda, Dahlb. 

 The male differs in having only the 8th joint of the antenure pi'O- 

 duced beneath, and the intermediate femora more serrate, and both 

 sexes in having the eyes less divergent below. 



Hid). Bengal; the Himalayas; Tenasserim. $ 6. Length 

 12-15 mm. 



521. Bembex borrei, Handl. SHzimqsb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, cii, 1893, 



p. 8G6, 5cf. 



2 c^ . Thorax densely and very finely punctured, the punctures 

 very shallow ; head, thorax, and the base of the abdomen covered 

 with a close shoi't erect pubescence ;, clypeus convex, prominent, the 

 face between the antenna? « ith a short carina ; the antennae rather 

 long, with in the J the 8th and 9th joints of the flagellum spinose 

 beneath, the 10th-12th excavate, and the apical joint rounded 

 and curved; thorax somewhat elongate; the basal joint of the 

 anterior tarsi ciliated with six spines on the outside, the inter- 

 mediate femora serrate beneath in the d ; abdomen short, the 

 apex conical ; in the $ the 6th segment convex, the apex rounded, 

 the sides not sinuate. Black, the apex and sides of the clypeus, 

 the labrum and base of the mandibles, a line on the scape of the 

 antennae, a line on the pronotum, the tubercles, a LJ-shaped mark 

 on the disc of the mesonotum, a transverse stripe on the scutellum, 

 another on the postscutellum, two on the median segment, lateral 

 spots on the pro-, meso-, and metapleurse, and very broad transverse 

 bands on segments 1-4 of the abdomen in the $ , and on all 

 the segments in the d" , yellow, the band on the 1st segment 

 deeply bisinuate anteriorly, those on the 3rd and 4th with an 

 enclosed jDlack lateral spot ; the 5th and 6th segments in the 

 2 with a yellow lateral spot ; legs yellow, the coxae and base of 

 the femora black; the pubescence on the head and thorax griseous, 

 in fresh specimens silvery on the clypeus ; wings light fusco- 

 hyaline, darker in'the c? than in the $ . 



Hab. Sikhim ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Ceylon, extending to Java. 

 $ c^"- Length 12-16; exp. 27-30 mm. 



522. Bembex latitarsus, HcmcU. Sitzungsb. Akml. Wiss. Wien, cii, 

 1898, p. 707. 



2 6 . Eyes with their inner orbits distinctly divergent towards 

 the clypeus. Front somewhat narrow, carinated below. In the 

 d" the 8th-10th joints of the antenmc spined posteriorly ; the 11th 

 joint beneath slightly excavated and dilated, the apical two joints 

 somewhat long. The anterior tarsi ( $ d" ) distinctly slender ; 

 intermediate joint a little prominent. In the 6 the intermediate 

 femora with short teeth on the underside, the apical tibial spine 

 short, barely prominent ; metatarsus long and a little dilated. In 

 the <S the apical segment above widely triangular; the 2nd venrrai 

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