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  Mr. 
  Cameron 
  oji 
  

  

  "^. 
  Tachytes 
  vicinus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  dense 
  cinereo 
  hirtiis, 
  abdominis 
  segmentis 
  apice 
  

   pedibusque 
  argenteo 
  pilosis 
  ; 
  facie 
  et 
  clypeo 
  longe 
  dense 
  argcnteo 
  

   pilosis; 
  alis 
  fere 
  fiavo-hyalinis 
  ; 
  tegnlis 
  piceis. 
  S- 
  Long. 
  

   13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Scape 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  

   opaque, 
  microscopically 
  pubescent 
  : 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  is, 
  if 
  

   anything, 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  fourth, 
  and 
  not 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  

   twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  second. 
  Eyes 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  separated 
  

   by 
  nearly 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  antennal 
  

   joints 
  united. 
  Clypeus 
  equally 
  projecting 
  throughout 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  rounded, 
  hardly 
  depressed. 
  Vertex 
  opaque, 
  aluta- 
  

   ceous 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   front 
  bears 
  also 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair, 
  and 
  laterally 
  a 
  dense 
  

   silvery 
  pubescence. 
  The 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   is 
  long 
  and 
  dense. 
  Clypeus 
  distinctly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  man- 
  

   dibles 
  still 
  more 
  distinctly 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  and 
  bearing 
  a 
  short 
  silvery 
  pile 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  they 
  are 
  

   piceous. 
  Thorax 
  closely 
  punctured 
  all 
  over 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  

   transversely 
  striated. 
  The 
  hair 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  is 
  especially 
  

   thick 
  on 
  the 
  metathorax. 
  On 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  tegulas 
  is 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  

   silvery 
  pubescence. 
  The 
  furrow 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  meta- 
  

   notum 
  is 
  narrow 
  and 
  .shallow. 
  Abdomen 
  aciculate 
  ; 
  the 
  

   base 
  with 
  sparse 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  

   banded 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence, 
  interrupted 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  

   and 
  third 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Pygidial 
  area 
  with 
  the 
  silvery 
  

   pile, 
  dense 
  and 
  very 
  bright 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  roundly 
  incised. 
  

   Ventral 
  segments 
  at 
  the 
  apices 
  bearing 
  a 
  dense 
  tuft 
  of 
  

   longish 
  brownish 
  hair, 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured. 
  Tibiai 
  and 
  

   tarsi 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  sparsely 
  

   haired 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  tibial 
  and 
  tarsal 
  spines 
  

   whitish. 
  

  

  Had. 
  Tirhoot 
  {RotJiney). 
  

  

  