Wasps of the Getius Tachytes. 15 



absence of teeth on the clypeus and tlie much deeper emar- 

 giuation of the eighth sternite. 



10. Tachytes mgropilosella, Cam. 



Liris nigropilosellus, Cam. Ann. Transvaal Mus. ii. p. 132 (1910). 

 Tachytes giyas, Biscli. Arch. f. Naturges. A. 3, p. 6t) (1913). $ . 



^ . Seventh terD;ite rather broadly truncate, clothed with 

 dark broAvn setse, eighth sternite twice as long as broad, the 

 sides parallel, the aj)ex shallowly emarginate. 



Hab. Natal, Durban {Distant) ; Ma-honaland, Salisbury 

 (G. A. K. Marshall), January, ^ ? ; N.E. Rhodesia, 

 Serenje district, 4500 ft. (<§. A. Neave), December; Kyasa- 

 land, Mlanje {S. A. Neave), P'ebruary. 



11. Tachytes natalensis, Sauss. 



Tachytes natnletisis, Sauss. Mem. Soc. pliys. & liist. nat. Geneve, xiv. 



pt. 1, p. 21, n. 10, t. 1. fig-. 4 a8o4). d". 

 Tachytes natalensis. Sauss. Reise d. Novara, Zool. ii. pt. ], Hymen. 



p. 68 (1867). J.' 



5 . Nigra ; mandibulis in medio, tarsis anticis articulis tribus 

 apicaliltus, iuterraediis posticisqiie articulo apicali, tegulisque 

 apice ferrugineis; fronte clypeoque argenteo-pubescentibus, area 

 pygidiali aureo-aetoso, alis fusco coeruleis, veiiis nigris. 

 cJ . Peminai similis, tarsis anticis omnino ferrugineis. 

 Long., 2 l'^ mm., J l-i mm. 



5 . Clypeus truncate at the apex, with large sparse 

 punctures, the space between the large punctures very 

 minutely and closely punctured. Eyes separated on the 

 vertex by a distance equal to twice the length of the third 

 joint of the flagellum ; second joint of the flagellum 

 distinctly longer than the third. Head and thorax opaque, 

 closely microscopically punctured ; median segment opaque, 

 narrowed to the apex, nearly as long as the mesonotum, a 

 shallow sulcus on the apical qnarter continued much more 

 deeply on the apical truncation, which is coarsely trans- 

 versely striated. Abdomen shining, the dorsal surface 

 microscopically punctured ; second sternite finely and closely 

 punctured, with a shining and smooth triangular space on 

 the middle of the ajjical margin. Pygidud area subtriangular, 

 the sides a little longer than the base, the apex narrowly 

 rounded, closely clothed with golden set£e which change in 

 side lights to blackish. Basal joint of fore tarsi with five 

 spines. 



S' Clypeus very broadly rounded at the apex; the 



