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XLI, — Notes on Fossorial Hijynenoptera. — XXVIII. On new 

 Ethiopian Species o/'Bembex in the British Museum. By 

 Rowland E. Turner, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



Bemhex obtusa, sp. n, 



(^ . Niger ; mandibulis, apice excepto, labro, clypeo, fronte macula 

 obliqua nigra utrinque, scape, orbitis externis, pronoto margine 

 postico, callis humeralibus, prosterno, mesosterno antice, meso- 

 noto linea supra tegulas, scutello linea obliqua utrinque, post- 

 scutello margine postico, pedibusque flavis ; femoribus anticis 

 supra nigro-lineatis, tarsis anticis infra nigro-maculatis ; seg- 

 mento dorsali primo macula transversa utrinque fasciaque trans- 

 versa mediana angustissima, segmentia dorsalibus 2-6 fascia 

 transversa bisiuuata, ventralibus 2-5 macula utrinque, segmeuto- 

 que ventrali primo fascia angusta apicali flavo-olivaceis ; flagello 

 subtus ochraceo ; segmento dorsali sexto apice, septimoque 

 dimidio basali ferrugineis ; alis hyalinis, venis fuscis, thorace 

 duplo longioribus. 



Long. 21 mm. 



c? . Cljpeus very broadly triangularly flattened on the 

 apical half, labruni flattened at the base ; a strong longitudinal 

 carina between the antennae ; sixth, seventh, and eighth joints 

 of the flagellum each with two or three small spines beneath, 



