26 Mr. R. E. Turner on 



Hab. Uganda, Entebbe (C. G. Gowdey), June to Novem- 

 ber ; Uganda Protectorate, Mpanga Forest, Toro, 4800 ft. 

 (aS. a. Neave), November; N. Kuwenzori, 6000-8500 ft. 

 {S. A. Neave), November ; Tero Forest, 8.E. Buddu, 3800 ft. 

 {S. A. Neave), September. 



28. Tachytes ainbidens, Kohl. 



Tachytes ambidens, Kobl, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. "Wieii, xxxiv. p. 343 

 (1884). ?. 



5 . Nigra ; mandibulis, tarsis calcaribnsque ferrugineis ; abdomine 

 segmentis duobus basalibus rufis, nigro intarainatis ; segmeutis 

 tribus dorsalibus apice iitriiique fascia transversa argenteo- 

 pilosa ; pygidio fusco-ferrugineo piloso ; alis hyalinis, venis 

 tegulisque testaceis. 



c? . Feinina? similis ; pygidio argenteo-piloso. 



Loug., $ 11 mm., S ^ mm. 



? . Head seen from the front much broader than long ; 

 front clothed with white pubescence. Clypeus with a short 

 longitudinal carina on each side near the middle of the 

 apical margin, the carinse projecting and forming short 

 teeth. Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance fully- 

 equal to the length of the two basal joints of the flagellum. 

 Thorax finely and closely punctured, the sides of the thorax 

 and the median segment sparsely clothed with white hairs. 

 Second sternite closely and minutely punctured, the apical 

 margin smooth and shining. Pygidial area subtriangular, 

 rather broadly rounded at the apex. Basal joint of the 

 fore tarsi with five spines. Radial cell rather broadly 

 truncate at the apex, not reaching nearly as far as the 

 cubitus ; second and third abscissas of the radius and the 

 space between the recurrent nervures all subequal. 



^ . Clypeus without carinse or teeth, the anterior margin 

 broadly truncate. Seventh tergite broad, rather broadly 

 subtruncate at the apex ; eighth sternite widely and not 

 very shallowly emarginate at the apex, produced into a 

 tooth on each side at the apical angles. 



Hah. The South-west borders of Abyssinia, or the adjacent 

 districts of Bi'itish East Africa {R. J. Stordy). Described 

 by Kohl from Sarepta in S.E. Russia, 



A pair in the British Museum from the Stordy collec- 

 tion. The female answers well to Kohl's description in 

 most details, but the eyes seem to be slightly further 

 apart on the vertex, and the antennse are as stout as in 

 T. europ<£a. 



