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Wasps of the Genus Tachytes. 27 
*29. Tachytes sjéstedti, Cam. 
Tachytes sjéstedti, Cameron, Sjéstedt, Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped. ii. 
p. 284 (1910). 2. 
Hab. Meru. 
Unknown to me. 
30. Tachytes separabilis, sp. n. 
Q. Nigra; mandibulis basi, scapo subtus, tegulis, femoribus 
dimidio apicali, posticis fere totis, tibiis tarsisque fulvo-ferru- 
gineis ; fronte clypeoque pallide aureo-pubescentibus ; mesonoto 
lateribus pallide aureo-pubescente, segmento mediano pallide 
fulvyo-hirto; segmentis dorsalibus 4 basalibus fascia lata apicali 
argenteo-pubescente, area pygidiali aureo-pubescente ; alis flavo- 
hyalinis, venis ferrugineis. 
3. Feminz similis, segmento dorsali septimo argenteo-pubescente. 
Long., 2 ¢, 15-16 mm. 
2. Clypeus broadly truncate at the apex ; galea half as 
long again as the scape; second and third joints of the 
labial palpi subequal. Vertex with a few scattered punc-~ 
tures ; eyes separated on the vertex by a distance not quite 
equal to the length of the second joint of the flagellum. 
Basal joint of the fore tarsi with six spines; spur of the 
hind tibia as long as the basal joint of the hind tarsus. 
Median segment not quite half as long again as the scu- 
tellum, the median sulcus obsolete on the dorsal surface. 
Second sternite subopaque, minutely and closely punctured; 
pygidial area triangular, rather broadly rounded at the apex. 
Third cubital cell a little more than half as long on the 
cubitus as the second, extending a little further than the 
apex of the radial cell. 
3d. Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance very 
distinctly less than the length of the second joint of the 
flagellum. Seventh tergite rather broadly truncate at the 
apex; eighth sternite emarginate, the apical angles bluntly 
produced. 
Hab. Transvaal, Pretoria (Distant), 9 ; Zululand, Mfon- 
gosi (W. E. Jones), §, in South African Museum ; British 
East Africa, Kuja Valley, S. Kavirondo, 4000 ft. (S. A. 
Neave), 3, May; Gold Coast, N. Territories, Yapi (J. J. 
Simpson), 9, December. 
This closely resembles T. e¢rusca, Rossi, but in that species 
the galea is no longer than the scape. Radoszkowski’s 
record of 7. etrusca from Angola probably refers to this 
species. 
