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lum nearly smooth ; median segment finely longitudinally striate and reti- 

 culate ; abdomen minutely aciculate. Clypeus short, transverse anteriorly : 

 anterior ocellus not much larger than ihe others, with a distinct furrow from 

 it to the base of antennse ; median segment rounded posteriorly. Black ; the 

 apex of 1st, whole of 2nd, and base of 3rd abdominal segments red , anterior 

 tibiae and all the tarsi more or less rufous ; pubescence greyish, moderately 

 dense ; wings clear hyaline, nervures blackish, stigma dark testaceous, teguls 

 black : radial cell long, 2nd cubital cell at top i the length of 3rd, and half the 

 length of the space bounded by the recurrent nervurts, which are received 

 into the 2nd cubital cell so as to divide it into three nearly equal portions. 



Hub -Kashmir, 5,000-6,000 ft. 



Length— 7 mm. 



Ast'ita nigricans (Cam,). 



Bin<.ham states that there is a carina on the median segment. But there is 

 no mention of this in the original description, nor is there any in my specimens. 

 I have one which has the abdomen more or less red, but agrees otherwise with 

 Cameron's description. 



TachytRS. 



This genus was commoti at Deesa, and I obtained a large number of 

 specimens. The species are closely allied and difficult to discriminate. In the 

 crreat majority the pubescence on the pygidium is golden in the $, and silvery 

 Tn the $. Several spe-ies have been described from my specimens by Bingham, 

 Cameron, and myself, but I have still a large number of specimens awaiting 

 determination, for which the examination of the types of nearly all the species 

 hitherto described from India will be necessary. 

 I have several stilopised specimens from Deesa. 

 Tuchytes monetaria (Smith). 



Bingham states that the wings of the $ have a distinct yellow tinge. He 

 sent me two specimens from Eangoon as this species which were certainly not 

 mo7ietaria. In all my specimens the wings of both sexes are fusco-hyaline. 

 Tachytes proxima (Nurse, A. M. N. H., May 1903, p. 515). 

 I stated in describing this species that it was common at Deesa, but this is 

 not the case, for I find that the males which I took to belong to my single 9 

 apparently belong to another species. 



TachTfle.^ lio>'pfs (Bingh., J. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XII., p. 119). 

 ±. Generally similar to the 9, but smaller (12-15 mm.), and somewhat more 

 pilose ; pile on front more approaching a golden tint, scape of antennae red ; 

 anterior femora with a deep emargination at base, median segment more 

 coarsely striate, the striation transverse ; pubescence and pile silvery through- 

 out ; wings lighter, though always with a slight fuscous tinge. 



This species was fairly common at Deesa in June. I have a number of 

 specimens, and I am satisfied that they are the same species, though the 9 is 

 considerably the larger. In the 9 the abdomen is entirely without the pilose 

 bands usual in this genus. The disc of the median segment is in both sexes 



