1'A .M KldiN, KuSSOKKS. 



laterally. Jn certain lights tin- wings are seen to have a distinct brassy tint, ami arc 

 darker at the apex. The mesopleural furrows are somewhat indistinct. 



Tachj "sjihex ferrugineipes, LKT. 



TtH-ltyti.'* fi i-nty/iii-i/ii x. l,i-:i'., Ilvaien., 11J, 21-8, II. Larrada ferrugmeqpes, 

 SMITH, Cat. Hym. Ins. IV, 283, 32. One example of what I make out to he this little 

 known species from M<-ni Inw lands, Ngare na nyuki, October. I have seen it from 

 Cape Colony, and it lias been recorded from Senegal and the Congo by SMITH, /. <. xitpni. 

 The lower part of the front, the clypeus and the base of the mandibles are densely 

 covered with silvery pubescence; the mandibles are rufous in the middle; the eyes above 

 are separated by the length of the antennal pedicle and the following joint united; the 

 mesonotum and scutellum are shining and closely, finely, but distinctly punctured; the 

 metanotum is longitudinally striated, the strife more or less twisted and there are some 

 finer transverse sfriae; the apical slope is more strongly transversely striated, the stria 1 

 more or less curved in the middle. The abdominal segments have broad bands of 

 silvery pile on the apices. The 2nd abscissa of the radius is about one fourth longer 

 than the 3rd; the 2nd recurrent nervure is received shortly beyond the middle of the 

 cellule; the 2 recurrent nervines are separated by slightly more than the length of the 

 3rd abscissa of the radius. The 3rd joint of the antenna* is about one fourth longer 

 than the 4th. 



I'ison moutauus, .sp. nov. 



Black, covered with silvery pubescence, which is very dense on the face, clypeus 

 and outer orbits and forms bands on the apices of the abdominal segments; wings 

 hyaline, the apex slightly darker, the nervures black, the 2nd cubital cellule triangular, 

 shorter than the pedicle, which is roundly curved outwardly, the 1st recurrent nervure 

 is received near the base, the 2nd is interstitial, rf. Length 9 mm. 



Kilimaniljaro: Kibonoto, rainforest, 2000 in. October. 



Front closely, rugosely punctured, the punctures almost forming reticulations; the 

 space between and at the sides of the ocelli more finely punctured; the part behind the 

 ocelli more strongly, but less closely punctured, at the sides of the ocelli almost smooth. 

 Fro- and mesonotum strongly punctured, the punctures clearly separated; in the middle 

 of the mesonotum they are more widely separated; on the scutellum the punctures are 

 much more widely separated, especially in the middle; the furrow at its base closely 

 crenulated. Post-scutellum punctured at the base and apex. Metanolum closely and 

 strongly punctured; there is a furrow down its centre, keeled in the middle, irregularly 

 striated on either side, followed at the apex of the keel by \ or o transverse keels, 

 wider than the furrow. The pleura' strongly, closely punctured, the propleune more 

 finely than the rest; the tubercles fringed behind by a silvery pubescent baud. The 1st 

 abdominal segment somewhat strongly, the 2nd much more weakly, the 3rd still more 

 weakly punctured, the others smooth; the apices of the apical brownish. 



Kilimandjaro-Meni 'ilii^i 



