104 fe F. D. Morice on 
insects than their partners ; and it may be that, finding 
them simply swarming on Ammuz visnaga, I unconsciously 
limited my captures to what appeared the finest specimens. 
(Or, possibly, the ¢ ¢ of gracilitarsis were “over” at 
Biskra before I arrived, but this seems less likely.) 
TACHYSPHEX PANZERI, Kohi 
Lf 1 9. Biskra- 16-24. iv, 97. ALE, 
1 ¢. Médéa, on Centaurea nicacensis (or Scabiosa 
maritima ?), 26. vi, 93 A. E. E. 
1 g¢. Aine Draham (Tunisie), 22. vi, 96. A. E. E. 
22°. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 24. v, 97. A. E. E. 
1 9. Biskra, on Mitraria tridentata, 21.v, 97. A.E. E. 
2 ft, 12. Bone, on Salsola kali, 19. and 20. viii, 97. 
2 ta 9. Bone, S00. -wit, (975) VAS Woe: 
From Mr. Eaton’s notes I gather thatthe eyes of the f f 
were generally bright or yellowish green ; those of the ? 2 
darker, bluish or sea-green (glaucous). 
89 9. Biskraa.v—7. vi, 98: FS DOM 
1 2. Constantine, 15. vi, 98. F. D. M. 
TACHYSPHEX PANZERI, var. ORANIENSIS 
1 2. Biskra, on Ammi visnaga, 30.v, 97. A. EB. E. 
TACHYSPHEX PANZERI, var. DISCOLOR 
1. Biskra, 20 av, 97.) A: BOB, 
Dt Biskran ivy 96.) 0b. ), M. 
TACHYSPHEX VESTITUS, Kohl 
1 g. Biskra (“‘ Hammam es Salahin on the sandhills”), 
boy, Oi AEE, 
1.0; sBiskiras2 0); 498.;, ch’. .,.M. 
Mr Saunders has a note in the margin of his list as 
follows : 
“The ¢ specimen of this species was named for me 
by Kohl himself. The 2 which I associate with it resem- 
bles the ¢ in the dense silvery (in some lights more or 
less golden) pubescence which so clothes the head, thorax 
and propodeum that the sculpture is invisible. The vertex 
between the eyes is about equal to the length of the 2nd 
joint of the flagellum. The abdomen (which is broadly 
banded with silvery pubescence), and the legs are entirely 
