Wasps of the Genus Tacliytes. 11 



Central Angoniland^ Lilongwe district, 4000 ft. (<S'. A. 

 Neave), ^lay. 



J . The eiglith sternite is subtruncate at the apexj the 

 angles uot projecting. 



3. Tachytes (Calotachijies) mira, Kohl. 



TacJiiites mira, Kulil, Aun. Xaturh. Hofmus, Wieu, ix, p. 295 

 (1894). 2. 



cJ . Seventh tergite very broadly rounded at tlie apex ; 

 eighth sternite emarginate, the angles forming distinct 

 teeth. 



Hah. Delao;oa Bay (Brauns) ; Mashonaland, Salisbury 

 (G. A. K. Marshall), January; ISyasaland, Mlauje {S. A. 

 Neave), January to May. 



4. Tachytes {Calotachytes) admirabilis, Turn. 



Tachi/ti's udniirabilis, Turn. Ai.u. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8^ xvii. p. 444 

 (1916). 2 6. 



Hah. Uganda. 



Possibly a local race of mira. 



Subgenus Tachytes. 



5. Tachytes basilica, Guer. 

 Lip-ops hasilicus, Guer. Icouogr. regn. anim. vii., Insect, p. 440 (1844). 



Tachytes basiliciis, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. SOO (185G). 



$ . Nigra; abdomiiie brunneo-fernigineo, infra nigro intaminato ; 

 segmentis dorsalibus aurco-pubesceiitibus, pygidio aureo piiljes- 

 cente ; mandibulis, antenuis, iemoribus apice, tibiis tarsisque 

 fusco-ferrugineis ; tegulis brunueis ; alis subhjalinis, venis 

 fuscis, apice leviter infuscatis. 



cJ . Femiuee similis. 

 Long., $ 2U mm., <5 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 Hagellum. 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 



