22 Mr. R. E. Turner on 



the apical margin arcuately depressed, with a few long 

 fuscous hairs at the base of the depression. Second steruite 

 rather sparsely and not very finely punctured, shining. 

 Pvsidial area clothed with fuscous seta?, which change to 

 reddish gold in some lights, especially at the apex ; tri- 

 angular, narrowly rounded at the apex. Basal joint of the 

 fore tarsals with six spines. Third cubital cell extending 

 distinctly beyond the apex of the radial cell ; third abscissa 

 of the radius a little longer than the second, but shorter 

 than the first. 



Hob. Nyasaland, Mlanje (S, A. Neave), December. 



Superficially rather like T. marshalli, Tnvn.^hnt the second 

 steruite is much more closely and finely punctured, the 

 silver pubescence on the abdomen is not nearly so extensive, 

 and the third cubital cell is much longer on the cubitus. 

 But murshalli belongs to the group with elongate palpi. 



22, Tachytes distanti, sp. n. 



O . Xigra, argent eo-pilosa ; tarsis ferrugineis, articulo basali supra 

 nigi'o ; capite, thorace, segmentoque mediano albido-pilosis, 

 mesonoto scutelloque pallide fulvo-griseo-pilosis ; segmentis 

 dorsalibus deuse argenteo - pubescenlibus, fasciis apicalibus 

 distiuctis ; area pygidiali argenteo-pilosa ; segmentis veutralibus 

 apice aoguste brunneis ; alis subhyaliuis, pallidissinie ilavidulis ; 

 venis ferrugineis. 



Long. 14 mm. 



$ . Clypeus broadly rounded at the apex, the anterior 

 margin narrowly depressed and very shallowly emarginate 

 in the middle. Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance 

 slightly less than the combined length of the two basal 

 joints of the flagellum. Front and clypeus with shining 

 silver pubescence, with long Avhitish hairs intermingled; 

 pleurre and median segment clothed with long whitish hairs, 

 the dorsal surface of the thorax clothed with short erect 

 greyish-fulvous hairs. Dorsal segments densely covered 

 with silver pubescence; pygidial area triangular, almost 

 pointed at the apex, clothed with silver pubescence slightly 

 tinged with gold. Second sternite subopaque finely and 

 closely punctured. Basal joint of the fore tarsus with five 

 long pale spines. Radial cell pointed at the apex, the appen^ 

 dicular cell very narrow ; third cubital cell extending on the 

 cubitus beyond the apex of the radial cell, nearly three- 

 quarters of the length of the second cell on the cubitus.. 

 First abscissa of the radius a little longer than the third, 

 second less than two-thirds of the length of the third, the 



