.*]00 On nnw Species of Fofisortaf HymeiwjHera. 



Bemhex multqncta. 



Female. Length Ih lines. Black, variegated -with pale 

 yellow markings ; the ahdomcn Avith curved fasciae, which are 

 not united in the middle. Head : the mandibles, lahrum, a 

 broad line on each side of the face, the clypeus, a triangular 

 spot above it, and two minute spots in front of the ocelli, and 

 with a line behind the eyes, which becomes wider towards the 

 base of the mandibles, yellow ; the scape yellow in front ; the 

 base of the clypeus Avith a large bilobed black spot, and the 

 tips of the mandibles black. Thorax : a naiTOW line on the 

 posterior margin of the prothorax, two minute elongate spots 

 on the disk of the mesothorax, a spot close to the tegulai, an 

 ovate one on each side of the scutellum, the postscutellum, a 

 curved line across the metathorax, and an ovate spot at its 

 posterior lateral angles yellow ; legs yellow, with a black line 

 on the tibia? and tarsi behind ; the Avings hyaline. Abdomen : 

 an interrupted broad A\^aved fascia on the iirst segment ; the 

 following segments have on each side a subquadrate spot, 

 from Avhich a line curves backAvards in a lunate form ; the 

 apical segment black ; beneath, each segment has a lateral 

 angular yellow spot. 



Ilab. "Mexico (Oajaca). 



A male from Brazil, Avhich has the abdomen marked in the 

 same manner as this species, is in the collection ; it only differs 

 in being entirely yelloAV beneath, a common sexual distinction, 

 and is probably the true male of B. multipicta. 



Bemhex pallidipicta. 



Female. Length 8 lines. Black ; the head, thorax, and base 

 of the abdomen densely covered Avitli short AA'hite pubescence ; 

 the abdominal segments Avith broad glaucous fascia?. Head : 

 the mandibles, labrum, clypeus, sides of the face, a line behind 

 the eyes, and the scape in front yelloAvish Avhite ; the Hagcllum 

 fulvous beneath. Thorax : a narrow line on the margin of the 

 prothorax, another over the tegulse, and also one on the sides 

 and posterior margin of the scutellum, a transverse one on the 

 postscutellum, a curved one across the metathorax and its 

 posterior angles, pale yelloAvish white ; the legs of the same 

 colour, Avith the femora more or less black behind ; wings 

 hyaline. Abdomen : the first fascia much naiTOAved in the 

 middle, the second broad and suddenly Avideued laterally, the 

 third slightly incised in the middle posteriorly, and the fourth 

 has its anterior margin AA^aved ; beneath, each segment has a 

 lateral triangular pale macula. 



lioh. Mexico. 



[To ha continued.] 



