Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 443 



fore tarsus of the female. In marsupiata the female has 

 the sixth dorsal segment more narrowly rounded than in 

 lubimana. 



Bembex latifasciata, Turn. 



Bembex latifasciata, Turn. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) x. p. 57 (1912). 



62- 



Hab. Strelley River, W.A. (Giles) ; Roeburne, W.A. 



This belongs to the group of lobimana and marsupiata. 

 The serration of the intermediate femora is almost obsolete, 

 but is just visible. The tubercle at the base of the first 

 ventral segment is much more strongly developed than in 

 marsupiata, the sixth ventral segment is not emarginate at 

 the apex as in that species. The markings on the thorax 

 are much more strongly developed in the present species and 

 the seventh dorsal segment is rounded at the apex, not trun- 

 cate as in marsupiata. The female has the sixth dorsal 

 segment narrowly rounded at the apex, with a yellow spot 

 on each side. It is a much smaller species than marsupiata. 

 There is a female of the species in the British Museum from 

 Hermannsburg, Central Australia. 



Bembex furcata, Erichs. 



Bembex /areata, Erichs. Arch. f. Naturges. viii. p. 266 (1842). J $>• 



Hab. Launceston, Tas. (Simson) ; Eaglehawk Neck, Tas. 

 (Turner) ; Hobart, Tas. {Walker) ; Cottesloe, W.A. (Giles); 

 Woodford, N.S.W. (G. A. Waterhouse) ; Leura, N.S.W. 

 (Froggatt). 



This is one of the commonest species in the southern 

 portion of Australia, though rare in the south-west. It 

 appears to be the only representative of the genus in Tas- 

 mania. The male is easily distinguished by the furcate 

 tubercle of the second ventral segment ; the sixth ventral 

 segment is armed with a transverse ridge pi'oduced in the 

 middle into a rounded tubercle. The labrum usually, and 

 often the clypeus, of the male is black, of the female yellow. 



Bembex cursitans, Handl. 



Bemhex cursitans, Handl. Sitzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, cii. p. 762 

 (1893). 6 2 ■ 



Hab. Yallingup, W.A. (Turner) ; South Perth, W.A. 

 {Giles). 



