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collection) is common and widely distributed. It shows 

 some variation in the quantity of yellow on the abdomen, as 

 do also the legs, some examples having the tibiae and tarsi 

 entirely yellow. 



BEMBEX. 



Of this well-known genus, only four species are known 

 from our region. 



1. Bembex lunata. 



Fabricius, Syst. Piez., 224, 10 ; Dahlbom, Hym. Eur. I, 

 49 2 > 33 5 Smith, Cat. Hym. Inst. IV, 328, 44. 1 



Hab. Tranquebar, 1 Tirhoot (Rotkney), Bombay 

 ( Wroughtoii). 



Seemingly the rarest of the species. 



2. Bembex trepanda. 



Dahlbom, Hym. Eur. I., 181 ; Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc, 



1869, 366} 

 Hab. Barrackpore (Rothney) ; Bombay ( Wroughton) ; 

 'Gilgit {Mus. Cal.) ; Ceylon (Rothney), Celebes, 1 Gilolo. 1 



3. Bembex sulphurescens. 



Dahlbom, Hym. Eur. I, 180; Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc, 



1869, 328. 

 Hab. Barrackpore, Tirhoot, Madras (Rot/mey), Punjaub. 1 



4. Bembex melancholica. 

 Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins., IV., 328. 1 



Hab. China, Sumatra, Borneo, Singapore, Bachian, 

 ■Celebes, Aru, Salwatty, Morty Islands. 1 



Said by Wallace (Jour. Linn. Soc, 1869, 296) to be 

 common in sandy situations all over the Malay Archipelago. 



PHILANTHID^E. 



Philanthus. 

 I have only seen one Indian species of this genus, but 

 Smith records six. 



