26 My. R. E. Turner on 
Hab. Uganda, Entebbe (C. G. Gowdey), June to Novem- 
ber ; Uganda Protectorate, Mpanga Forest, Toro, 4800 ft. 
(S. A. Neave), November; N. Ruwenzori, 6000-8500 ft. 
(S. A. Neave), November ; Tero Forest, S.E. Buddu, 3800 ft. 
(S. A. Neave), September. 
28. Tachytes ambidens, Kohl. 
Tachytes ambidens, Kohl, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxiv. p. 343 
(1884). 9. 
@. Nigra; mandibulis, tarsis caloaribusque ferrugineis ; abdomine 
segmentis duobus basalibus rufis, nigro intaminatis; segmentis 
tribus dorsalibus apice utrinque fascia transversa argenteo- 
pilosa; pygidio fusco-ferrugineo piloso; alis hyalinis, venis 
tegulisque testaceis. 
3. Femine similis; pygidio argenteo-piloso. 
Long., 2 ll mm., ¢ 9 mm. 
2. Head seen from the front much broader than long ; 
front clothed with white pubescence. Clypeus with a short 
longitudinal carina on each side near the middle of the 
apical margin, the carine projecting and forming short 
teeth. Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance fully 
equal to the length of the two basal joints of the flagellum. 
Thorax figely and closely punctured, the sides of the thorax 
and the median segment sparsely clothed with white hairs. 
Second sternite closely and minutely punctured, the apical 
margin smooth and shining. Pygidial area subtriangular, 
rather broadly rounded at the apex. Basal joint of the 
fore tarsi with five spines. Jadial cell rather broadly 
truncate at the apex, not reaching nearly as far as the 
cubitus ; second and third abscisse of the radius and the 
space between the recurrent nervures all subequal. 
do. Clypeus without carine or teeth, the anterior margin 
broadly truncate. Seventh tergite broad, rather broadly 
subtruncate at the apex; eighth sternite widely and not 
very shallowly emarginate at the apex, produced into a 
tooth on each side at the apical angles. 
Hab. The South-west borders of Abyssinia, or the adjacent 
districts of British East Africa (R. J. Stordy). Described 
by Kohl from Sarepta in 8.E. Russia. 
A pair in the British Museum from the Stordy collec- 
tion. The female answers well to Kobl’s description in 
most details, but the eyes seem to be slightly further 
apart on the vertex, and the antenne are as stout as in 
T. europea. 
