34 Mr. R. E. Turner on 
Hab. Cape (Kohl) ; Gold Coast, Northern Territories, 
Yapi (J. J. Simpson), December ; Nyasaland, S.W. of Lake 
Chilwa (S. A. Neave), January ; Uganda Protectorate, 
between S.E. shore of Lake Kioga and Kakindu, 3500 ft. 
(S. A. Neave), August. 
Kohl’s description is very brief, but I think I have rightly 
identified the species. The male from Uganda differs in 
having the eighth sternite very feebly emarginate, not 
truncate as in the specimen of the male from Yapi; the 
female from Yapi does not differ appreciably from that from 
Nyasaland. 
39. Tachytes versatilis, sp. n. 
9. Nigra; fronte clypeoque griseo-argenteo-pubescentibus ; tho- 
race segmentoque mediano dense fulvo-pubescentibus ; segmentis 
dorsalibus 4 basalibus fascia interrupta argenteo-pubescente ; 
area pygidiali rufo-fusco-setosa; tegulis testaceis; calcaribus 
fuscis ; unguiculis pallide ferrugineis ; tarsorum spinis albidis ; ° 
alis subhyalinis, apice leviter et angustissime infumatis, venis 
ferrugineis ; vertice crasse et dense punctato. 
¢. Femine similis, segmento dorsali septimo aureo-pubescente. 
Long., 9 16-18 mm., ¢ 14 mm. 
9. Clypeus very broadly rounded, the extreme apex 
narrowly depressed and subemarginate in the middle. 
Second joint of the labial palpi stout, distinctly longer than 
the third ; galea not elongate, very broadly rounded at the 
apex. Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance equal 
to the length of the two basal joints of the flagellum; the 
vertex coarsely and closely punctured. Basal joiut of fore 
tarsus with six spines. Median segment scarcely longer 
than the scutellum and postscutellum combined. Abdomen 
closely and distinctly punctured, more sparsely at the hase 
of the tergites than at the apex; second sternite shining, 
evenly, but not very closely or minutely, punctured. Pygi- 
dial area subtriangular, rather broadly rounded at the apex. 
Third cubital cell extending on the cubitus further than the 
apex of the radial cell; second abscissa of the radius some- 
times longer than the third, but in some specimens shorter. 
g. Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance slightly 
exceeding the length of the second joint of the flagellum ; 
seventh tergite broad, rather broadly subtruncate at the 
apex ; eighth sternite rather widely, but not very deeply 
emarginate, the angles rather strongly produced. Second 
ventral segment with larger and closer punctures than in 
the female. Basal joint of fore tarsus with five spines. 
ELK 
