292 SPHEGID^. 



of the mandibles, clypeus, sides of the face to a little above the 

 base of tlio antennae, a doll-shaped mark in the middle of the 

 front, the scape of the antennae, the cheeks, pronotum, sides of 

 the thorax, a spot on the tegulse in front, a spot behind them, a 

 curved broad line on the scutelluni, another on the postscutellum, 

 one still broader in the middle and narrowly divided by a median 

 black line on the median segment, the sides and posterior lateral 

 angles of the same, an elongate triangular mark on each side of 

 the 1 st segment, and broad posteriorly biarcuate bands at the bases 

 of segments 2-5, yellow or lacteous yellow ; two spots at the base 

 of the clypeus, a slight clavate spot on the front above it, the pro- 

 notum broadly in the middle, a spot on each tubercle, and an elon- 

 gate oblique spot on each side above on the yellow abdominal bands 

 black ; the legs variegated yellow and black ; wings hyaline, 

 nervures and tegulae dark brown. 



S similar, but with the abdominal bands generally broader ; the 

 7th-10th joints of the antennse very slightly spinose, and the 1 1th 

 and 12th excavated beneath; the intermediate femora dentate at 

 apex, lateral margins of the apical abdominal segment waved, 

 scarcely toothed, beneath carinate. 



Hab. Tenasserim ; Sumatra ; Borneo. $ . Length 22-24 ; exp. 

 35-37 mm. S • LengtJi 19-20 ; exp. 36 mm. 



*527. Bemljex taschenhergii, jy«wrf/. Sitzungsb. Ahad. Wiss. Wien, 

 cii, 1883, p. 776. 



" Head and antennse nearly as in the European B. hideniata. 

 Van der Lind., the wings distinctly fuscescent, nervures fuscous. 



The anterior tarsi of normal form, the metatarsal cilia 



composed of seven spines. The intermediate femora towards 

 the apex furnislied with several distinct teeth. Abdomen as 

 in B. bidentata, the 2nd and 6th ventral segments simple, the 7th 

 segment with the lateral spines distinct 



" Thorax above very finely and sparsely punctured, and covered 

 with greyish pubescence. 



" Black, the orbits of the eyes, clypeus, labrum, the greater portion 

 of the pronotum, the tubercles, the sides of the mesonotum, fasciae 

 (often obsolete) on the scutellum, metanotura, and median segment, 

 a large spot on the sides of the thorax and of the median segment, 

 bisinuate fasciae, often interrupted in the middle, on abdominal 

 segments 1-5 above, a spot (often obsolete) on the 6th segment, 

 and lateral spots on the ventral segments yellow. The apex of the 

 abdomen, and sometimes part of the ventral segments, ferriiginous. 

 Antennse black, scape pale ; legs yellow, variegated with black 

 towards their base. 



'■'■Hab. India; Tenasserim. c? • LengtJi 17-20 mm." 



528. Bembex ovans, Bingh. Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii, p. 384, 

 5 cJ . Closely allied to and resembling B. fossoria. Smith, but 



