2!l() Mr. l'\ >Sniitli un itttc Sjjccie.s 



iicvvures Idack ; the tegula? testaceous at tlicir outer margins ; 

 the calcaria at the apex of the tibite ferruginous. Abdomen : 

 the margins of the segments constricted ; the apical margins 

 with bright silvery fasclu', whiclij in certain lights, have a 

 golden tinge more or less brilliant. 

 Ifab. Ega. 



Family BembicidaB. 



Genus Bembex, Fabr. 



Bemhex aJhofasciata. 



Male. Length 7| lines. Black ; the abdomen ^ith six 

 ■white fascia^, attenuated in the middle, the first slightly in- 

 terrupted. Head : the clypcus, a line at the inner orbit of the 

 eyes, not extending to their summit, a narrow line behind 

 them, the scape of the antennae in front, the labrum, and 

 mandibles white, the latter black at their tips ; the flagellum 

 pale beneath. Thorax covered with griseous pubescence ; 

 the legs white, with a yellow tinge ; the coxa?, trochanters, 

 anterior femora behind, and the intermediate and posterior 

 pairs (except at their apex) black ; the tibise with a black line 

 behind ; wings hyaline. Abdomen : the first and second fascije 

 are about the middle of the segments, and the following at their 

 basal margins ; beneath, each segment has an angular spot 

 at its apical margin laterally ; the second segment has a com- 

 pressed tubercle, its margin curved, its apex truncate ; the 

 sixth segment is subtuberculate. 



Hah. Zulu country. 



Bemhex crahroniformis. 



Male. Length 6 lines. Black ; head, thorax, and base of 

 the abdomen thinly covered with erect white pubescence ; the 

 abdomen with six equal yellow fasciae, all slightly interrupted. 

 Head : the base and apex of the scape of the antennae in 

 front, the anterior margin of the clypeus, the labrum, man- 

 dibles, and a narrow line behind the eyes yellow. Thorax : 

 the posterior margin of the prothorax, a line surrounding 

 the tubercles, and a spot close to the tegulae yellow ; the 

 tips of the femora in front and the tibia and tarsi yellow ; a 

 black line on the tibia; behind, but only towards the apex of 

 the posterior pair ; wings hyaline. Abdomen : all the fasciai 

 of nearly equal width, their anterior margins slightly waved ; 

 beneath, shining black, with a triangular spot at the side of 

 each segment, at its a])ical margin a very narrow line emanates 

 from each, but is not continuous to the middle of the segments. 



Hah. Port Essinajton. 



