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The following are the species which cannot be referred 

 to their proper genus. 



1. Taciiytes aurifex, Smith, /t?«r. Linn. Soc. II., loi. 

 Hab. Borneo. 



2. T. FERVIDUS, Smith, Cat. Hyvi. Ins. IV., 298, 11. 

 Hab. " India." 



3. T. NOVAR/E, Saussure, Novara Reise, Hym., 69. 

 Hab. Nicobar Island. 



I. Taciiytes erythropoda, sp. nov. 



Niget\ nitidus^ argenteo pubescens ; mandibulis, pedibits 

 {coxis nigris) abdoniinisque segjnentis i — 3, rufo-testaceis ; 

 alls hyalinis, apice fere fumatis. 9. Long. 8 mm. 



Hab. Mussoorie hills {Rothney). 



Head broader than the thorax, shining, sparsely punc- 

 tured ; the vertex sparsely, the cheeks and clypeus densely 

 covered with long silvery hair. Antennae short, thick, 

 microscopically pilose ; the second joint nearly half the 

 length of the third, which is a little longer than the fourth. 

 Eyes but slightly converging at the top; separated there by 

 the length of the first, second, and third joints united. 

 Ocellar area longer than broad, surrounded by a furrow, 

 and furrowed down the middle ; and a furrow winds down 

 from the front ocellus. Lateral prominences indistinct ; 

 the clypeus slightly projecting in the middle ; the apex in 

 the middle gaping, roundly incised. Thorax shining, im- 

 punctate ; the pronotum punctured ; the metanotum irregu- 

 larly transversely striolated and covered with long, silvery 

 white hairs. Abdomen longer than the thorax and narrower 

 than it, shining, covered with silvery white pubescence, except 

 on the basal segments in the centre ; pygidial area covered 

 closely with stiff fulvous, mixed with white, bristles; the 

 sides keeled ; the apex rounded ; beneath it is punctured. 

 Femora slightly, tibiae and tarsi densely covered with white 



