Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorlal Hymenoptera. 439 



Bemhex odontopyga, sp. n. 



J . Niger ; manclibulis, apice excepto, labro, clypeo macula basali 

 nigra utrinque, scapo subtus, orbitis, femoribus, tibiisque subtus, 

 tarsisque flavis ; flagello subtus obscure brunneo ; segmentis 

 dorsalibus 2-4 fascia angusta late interrupta, quinto sextoque 

 fascia continua, septimo macula obliqua utrinque, segmentisquo 

 ventralibus 2-5 fascia angusta oontiuua apicali brunneo-flavis ; 

 segmeutis dorsalibus obscure cferuleo-micaiitibus ; segmento 

 septimo dorsali apice fusco-ferrugineo ; alls hj'aliuis, veuis f uscis. 



Long. 19 mm. 



$. Cljpeus with a carina from the base to Lejoiicl the 

 middle, deflexed from the end of the carina to the apex, not 

 very strong'ly convex; the carina between the -antennte very 

 distinct. Four apical antennal joints distinctly hollowed 

 beneath, stout, the apical joint blunt at the apex, a little 

 longer than the penultimate. Head, thorax, and median 

 segment clothed with long whitish pubescence, that on the 

 mesonotum shorter and brownish. Fore tarsi normal, the 

 basal joint witii seven spines ; fore and intermediate femora 

 not serrate. Median segment with a very feeble longitudinal 

 groove. Seventh dorsal segment with a short spine on each 

 side near the base, ihe apex rather broadly truncate, not 

 undulating at the sides. Ventral segments unarmed. Wings 

 about two and a half times as long as the breadth of tlie 

 tiiorax; median cell of the hind wing emitting two veins 

 from the apex. The eyes are distinctly divergent towards 

 the clypeus. 



Hab. Nyasaland, Ngara {Dr. J. E. S. Old), October. 



This belongs to the Z/ji^en/a^a group, and apart from colour- 

 differences may be distinguished from in'dhii by the absence 

 of a stiong tooth at the apex of the intermediate femora; from 

 hidentata by the more distinct carina of the clypeus, by the 

 colour of the pubescence, and by the broader apex and less 

 developed teeth of the seventh dorsal segment. B. scotii. 

 Turn., the only remaining African species of the group, may 

 be at once distinguished from this by the much finer ^nd 

 sparser puncturation of the thorax and median segment. In 

 colour odontopyga resembles compedita, Turn., whicii is allied 

 \o Jnscipennis. 



Bembex forcipata, Handl. 



Bembex forcipata, Handl. Sitzungsb. Akad. Wiss. ^^'ien, cii. p. 798 



(1893). 6. 

 Bembex viasmica. Cameron, Sjiistedt, Kilimandjaro-Meni Exp. ii. 



p. 290 (1910). c?. 



