442 Mr. K. E. Turner on Fossorial Ilymenoptera. 



Bembex funebris, Turn. 



Bembex severa, Sm. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xii. p. 298 (1873). 



6 (nee $ ). 

 Bembex funebris, Turn. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 353 (1910). <$ . 



Hab. South Perth, W.A. {Giles) ; Busselton, W.A. 

 ( Turner) . 



The male may be distinguished from the nearly allied 

 atrifrons by the complete or almost complete absence of 

 abdominal fascise, the only markings being on the legs, by 

 the greater extent of the serration of the intermediate femora, 

 and by the greater apical • breadth of the seventh dorsal 

 segment. The lobes of the basal joint of the fore tarsi are 

 less developed than either in atrifrons or trepida. The female 

 is unknown. The specimen described by Smith as the male 

 of severa has the fascia? of segments 2-4 developed, but 

 broadly interrupted. 



Bembex aureofasciata, Turn. 



Bembex aureofasciata, Turn. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 354 (1910). 3 . 



Hab. South Perth, W.A. {Giles) ; Warooua, W.A. 

 {Berthoud) . 



In structure this is allied to funebris, but may at once be 

 distinguished by the broad orange fasciae of the three basal 

 dorsal segments and by the almost smooth seventh dorsal 

 segment. 



Bembex lobimana, Handl. 

 Bembex lobimana, Handl. Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, cii. p. 755 (1893). 

 62- 



Hab. New South Wales. 



I have only seen the female of this large species. The 

 basal joint of the fore tarsus has seven spines. The clypeus 

 of the male is much more broadly flattened in front than in 

 the female. 



Bembex marsnpiata, Handl. 



Bembex marsnpiata, Handl. Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, cii. p. 757 

 (1893). d$- 



Hab. Waroona, W.A. {Berthoud). 



Both this species and lobimana have the abdominal fascia? 

 very broad, and have seven spines on the basal joint of the 



