140 Mr. Cameron on 



•J. Tachytes vicinus, sp. nov. 



Niger, dense cinereo hirtus, abdominis segmcntis apice 

 pedibnsque argenteo pilosis ; facie et clypeo longe dense argenteo 

 pilosis ; alis fere flavo-hyalinis ; tegidis piceis. $ . 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 antenna! 

 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 tegulae 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. Tibiae and 

 tarsi densely covered with silvery pile ; the femora sparsely 

 haired ; the calcaria rufous ; the tibial and tarsal spines 

 whitish. 



Had. Tirhoot (Ivot/iney). 



