Wasps of the Genus Tachytes. 11 
Central Angoniland, Lilongwe district, 4000 ft. (S. 4. 
Neave), May. 
&. The eighth sternite is subtruncate at the apex, the 
angles not projecting. 
8. Tachytes (Calotachytes) mira, Kohl. 
Tachytes mira, Kohl, Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien, ix. p. 295 
(1894). 2. 
&. Seventh tergite very broadly rounded at the apex; 
eighth sternite emarginate, the angles forming distinct 
teeth. 
Hab. Delagoa Bay (Brauns); Mashonaland, Salisbury 
(G. A. K. Marshall), January; Nyasaland, Mlanje (S. A. 
Neave), January to May. 
4. Tachytes (Calotachytes) admirabilis, Turn. 
Tachytes admirabilis, Turn, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xvii. p. 444 
(1916). 2d. 
Hab. Uganda. 
Possibly a local race of mira. 
Subgenus Tachytes. 
5. Tachytes basilica, Guér. 
Lyrops basilicus, Guér. Iconogr. régn, anim. vii., Insect. p. 440 (1844). 
o. 
Tachytes basilicus, Sm, Cat. Hym, B.M. iv. p. 300 (1856). 
©. Nigra; abdomine brunneo-ferrugineo, infra nigro intaminato ; 
segmentis dorsalibus aureo-pubescentibus, pygidio aureo pubes- 
cente; mandibulis, antennis, temoribus apice, tibiis tarsisque 
fusco-ferrugineis ; tegulis brunneis; alis subhyalinis, venis 
fuscis, apice leviter infuscatis. 
do. Femine similis. 
Long., 2 20 mm., ¢ 18 mm. 
@. Clypeus broadly subtruncate at the apex. Eyes 
separated on the vertex by a distance not quite equal to the 
length of the second joint of the flagellum. Front clothed 
with silver-white pubescence. Thorax sparsely, median 
segment more thickly clothed with greyish pubescence; the 
punctures of the mesonotum minute and not distinctly 
separated ; median segment nearly as long as the meso- 
notum, narrowed to the apex, with an ill-defined longitudinal 
