440 Ml'. R. E. Taiiier on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 



Bemhex Uturafa, sp. ii. 



cJ . Niger ; labro albido, basi macula longitudinali brunnea ; mau- 

 dibulis, apice excepto, clypeo fascia transversa basali nigra, scapo 

 Bubbus, orbitis, pronoto margine postico, propleuris eallis humer- 

 alibus, mesosterno autice, tegulis macula, linea supra tegulas, 

 scutello margine postico, pcdibusqiie flavis ; tibiis supra nigro- 

 lineatis; segmentis dorsalibus sox basalibus fascia flavo-olivacea ; 

 segmentis veatralibus primo apice, socundo fascia lata transversa, 

 3-6 macula utrinquo tlavis ; alia hyalinis, veiiis fusco-ferrugineis. 



$ . Mari similis, cl5-poo dimidio basali nigro ; segmento mediano 

 macula parva ixtrinque flavo ; segmeuto ventrali secundo dimidio 

 apicali brunneo-ferrugineo, utriuque tlavo-maculato. 



Long., d 17, 2 15 mm. 



3* . Clypeus strongly convex ; inner margin of tlie eyes 

 almost parallel ; no carina between the antennso ; seveutli 

 joint of the flagellum emarginate at the apex beneath, eighth 

 with a small spine beneath, ninth and tenth stout, penultimate 

 joint much broadened, longer than the subconical apical joint. 

 Tarsi slender, the spines of the comb of the anterior tarsi 

 slender ; intermediate femora very feebly serrate. Seventh 

 dorsal segment very broadly rounded or subtruncate at the 

 apex, with a marginal carina on each side near the base. 

 Second ventral segment with a strong tubercle, which is 

 rounded at the apex ; sixth with a large raised semicircular 

 area. Wings rather short, only twice as long as the breadth 

 of the thorax ; median cell of the hind wing emitting only 

 one vein from the apex. 



? . Basal joint of the fore tarsus with seven spines ; sixth 

 dorsal segment broadly triangular, very sparsely punctured in 

 the middle, more coarsely and closely on the sides ; second 

 ventral segment shining in the middle, with large sparse 

 punctures. 



JJab. S. Africa, Willowmore {Dr. H. Brauns), December. 



The male genitalia are not strongly curved as in the mela- 

 nopa group, the relationship being rather with the tnediterranea 

 group. 



Bemhex opima, sp. n. 



cS . Niger, clypeo, mandibulis, apice excepto, labroque albo-flavi- 

 duUs ; flagello subtus brunneo-ferrugineo ; scapo, supra nigro 

 maculato, orbitis, pronoto postice, eallis Lumeralibus, tegulis, 

 mesonoto linea supra tegulas, scutello margine postico, postscutello 

 margine postico, segmento mediano fascia angusta apicali, seg- 

 mento dorsali primo dimidio apicali, secundo antice nigro bi- 

 einuato, 3-6 omniuo, segmentis vcntralibus 2-5 lateribus et 



