188 SPHEQID^. 



dense short fulvous pubescence ; wings hyaline, very slightly 

 iuscescent towards the apex, nervures and tegulfe pale testaceous. 

 Hah. Mussooree. $ . Length 8 ; e,vp. 16 mm. 



364. Tachytes tarsata, Smith, Cat. iv, p. 297, $ ; Cam. Mem. Manch. 



L. Ph. Sac. (4) ii, 1889, p. 141 ; Kohl, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wiett, 



1884, p. 409. 

 Larrada vestita, Smith, A.M. N. H. (4) xii, 1873, p. 293, 5 . 

 Tachytes basalis, Cam. Mem. Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, 

 p. 142. 



$ . Head and thorax closely and finely punctured and pu- 

 bescent, tlie pubescence dense on the clypeus, the mesonotum, post- 

 scutellum, and the sides and apex of the median segment (in some 

 specimens, e. g. the type, the pubescence is very dense ; in others, 

 e. g. type of 2\ basalis, thin and sparse); front of head with a medial 

 broad shallow furrow meeting a deep A-shaped furrow behind the 

 ocelli ; median segment rounded above, truncate posteriorly, the 

 face of the truncation obscurely transversely striate and bearing a 

 medial, short, vertical furrow. Black ; the basal three, sometimes 

 four segments of the abdomen red, the pubescence shining silvery, 

 the apical margins of segments 1-5 with bands of glittering 

 silvery pile having more or less of a tesselated appearance in 

 certain lights ; the pygidial area covered with a stiff short ferru- 

 ginous, sometimes golden pubescence ; wings clear hyaline, in a 

 few specimens tinged with a very light yellow ; nervures and 

 tegulae pale testaceous. The colour of the legs varies from fuscous 

 to black. 



S similar ; the pubescence on the pygidium silvery. 



Hah. North-West Provinces ; Tirhoot ; Barrackpore. $ . 

 Length 15 ; eojp. 27 mm. cJ • Length 12 : ex^). 23 mm. 



365. Tachytes monetaria, S^nith, Cat. iv, p. 298, $; Cam. Mem. 



Manch. L. Ph. Soc. (4) ii, 1889, p. 136; Kohl, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. 

 Wien, 1884, p. 404. 

 Tachytes velox. Smith, Cat. iv, p. 301, S • 



2 . Head and thorax very finely and closely punctured, the 

 punctures on the median segment above with a tendency to run into 

 transverse striae ; head in front and on the clypeus and cheeks 

 densely pubescent ; median segment clothed sparingly with short 

 soft hairs ; legs pruinose ; abdomen with a dense matting of 

 sericeous pile ; median segment rounded posteriorly, with a medial 

 longitudinal furrow reaching the apex and anteriorly continued 

 obscurely over the scutellum and postscutellum. Black, the 

 pubescence silvery ; on the abdomen a rich ferruginous golden 

 having a beautiful tesselated appearance in certain lights, the 

 basal two-thirds of the 1st segment of the abdomen black ; wings 

 fusco-hyaline, darker along the apical margin. 



S similar, but much smaller, the wings w-ith a distinct yellow 

 tint, the posterior pair hyaline. 



Hah. Throughout India, and extending eastwards to Africa as 



