16 Mr. R. E. Turner on 



distance between the ej-es a little less than in the female ; 

 seventh tergite rather broadly truncate at the ai)ex ; eighth 

 sternite widely and very shallowiy emarginate on the apical 

 margin, the angles not produced into teeth. Third cubital 

 cell rather short on the cubitus, not extending beyond the 

 radial cell, third abscissa of the radius longer than the second. 

 Hub. Natal, Durbin (Sonfh African Mnseuni), April, ? . 

 One male from Natal in the British Museum. 



12. Tachytes meninon, Turn. 



Tachi/tes memnon, 'Turn. Ann. & 3Iag. Xat. Hist. (S) xvii. p. 440 

 (1916). $. 



? . Very close to T. natalensis, differing in the colour of 

 tlie pubescence on the front and pygidial area, in the colour 

 of the anterior tibite and of the base of the antennae ; in 

 the distinctly longer second joint of llagellura, in the absence 

 of large punctures on the clypeus^ and iu the distinctly 

 narrower pygidial area. 



Hab. Nyasaland, JNIlanje {S. A. Neave), April. 



Possibly a northern subspecies of natalensis. 



13. Tachytes prastahilis, sp. n. 



5 . Xigra ; clypeo, fronte tlioraceque pallide aureo-pubescentibus, 

 pilis fulvidis intermixtis ; segmentis dorsalibus 4 basalibus fascia 

 apicali argenteo-pubescente ; area pygidiali fusco-ferrugineo- 

 setosa ; tegubs testaceis ; maudibulis I'usco-ferrugineis ; tibiis 

 tarsisque anticis, calcaribus, uuguiculitque fcrrugiueis ; alis 

 flavidiilis, venis fusco-ferrugineis. 



(S . Femitise similis; segmeuto dorsali septimo pallide et sparse 



ferrugineo-setoso. 

 Loug., O 15-16 mm., S 13 mm. 



? . Clypeus closely and finely punctured, with large 

 punctures intermixed, deflexed towards the apical margin, 

 which is subtruncate with a distinct tooth on each side ; 

 vertex with a few fairly large, scattered punctures ; eyes 

 separated on the vertex by a distance slightly exceeding the 

 length of the second joint of the flagellum. Galea2 \ery 

 long and narrow at the apex, rostrate- Basal joint of fore 

 tarsus with six spines. INledian segment half as long again 

 as the scutfillum, the median sulcus almost obsolete on the 

 dorsal surface. Second sternite minutely and closely 

 punctured ; ])ygidial area broadly triangular, narrowly 

 rounded at the apex. Third cubital cell extending a little 

 beyond the apex of the radial celb 



