On South-American Felide. 45 
Larra (Liris) opipara, Kohl, Ann. naturh. Hofmus. Wien, ix. p. 297 
(1894). Q. 
Tachytes capitalis, Rad. Journ. acad, sc. & math. Lisboa, viii. p. 210 
(1881). 9. 
Radoszkowski’s description undoubtedly refers to this 
wide-ranging Ethicpian species. 
Tachysphex agilis, Sm. 
Tachytes agilis, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 3801 (1856). ¢. 
This is undoubtedly a Tachysphex. 
-'These two species are included in Tachutes in Dalla 
Torre’s Catalogue, but do not -belong to the genus, Radosz- 
kowski’s name falling as a synonym and Smith’s specics 
agilis being a Tachysphex. Tachytes etrusca, Rossi, recorded 
by Radoszkowski from Angola, is doubtless an error in 
identification. 
Notogonia trivittata, Kirby. 
Tachytes trivittatus, W. F. Kirby, Bull. Liverp. Mus. iii. p. 16 (1900), 
dQ. 
Notogonia expedita, Kohl, Hymenopteren Siidarabiens, p. 51 (1906). 
SL. 
Kirby placed this species in the wrong genus. Jt inhabits 
Sokotra, and I have not seen specimens from continental 
Africa. 
Tachysphex quadricolor, Gerst. 
Lyrops quadricolor, Gerst. Monatsber. Akad, Wiss. Berlin, p. 510 
(1ES7 Sf 
Lyrops quadricolor, Gerst. Peters. Reise n. Mossambique Zool. y. 
pA, (ised). 2.7, F380. F.Vg. 
Tachytes quadricolor, D. 'T. Cat. Hymen. viii. p. 695 (1897). 
I consider that this E. African species is undoubtedly a 
Tachysphex. 
Il.— The Groups of the small and medium-sized South- 
American Felide. By R. I. Pocock, F.R.S. 
Writine in 1903 upon the spotted tiger-cats, excluding 
ocelots, of South America, Oldtield Thomas * pointed out 
that the species fall, or appear to fall, into the following 
groups :— 
I. Size larger. Fur soft and thick. Nape-hairs generally reversed 
forwards—at least, in part. Skull broadly rounded, with a large 
* Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xii. pp. 234-289, 
