Wasps of the Genus Tacliytes. 27 



*29. Tachytes sjostedti, Cam. 



Tachi/tes sjostedti, Cameron, Sjostedt, Kilimandjaro-Meru Expecl. ii. 

 p. 284 (1910). $. 



Hab. ]\Ieru. 



Unknown to me. 



30. Tachytes sepai'abilis, sp. n. 



$ . Xiijra ; mandibulis basi, scapo subtus, tegulis, femoribus 

 dimidio apicali, posticis fere totis, tibiis tarsisque fulvo-ferru- 

 gineis ; fronte clypeoque pallida aiireo-pubeseeutibus ; mesonoto 

 lateribus pallida aureo-pubescente, segmento mediano pallide 

 fulvo-birto ; segmentis dorsalibus 4 basalibus fascia lata ajjicali 

 argenteo-pubesceute, area pygidiali aureo-pubescente ; alis flavo- 

 hyalinis, venis ferrugineis. 



<S ■ Feminae similis, segmento dorsali septimo argenteo-pubescente. 

 Long,, 2 (S , 15-16 mm. 



$ . Clypeus broadly truncate at the apex ; galea half as 

 long again as the scape ; second and third joints of the 

 labial palpi subequal. Vertex with a few scattered punc- 

 tures ; eyes separated on the vertex by a distance not quite 

 equal to the length of the second joint of the flagellum. 

 Basal joint of the fore tarsi with six spines; spur of tlie 

 hind tibia as long as the basal joint of the hind tarsus. 

 Median segment not quite half as long again as the scu- 

 tellum, the median sulcus obsolete on the dorsal surface. 

 Second sternite subopaque, minutely and closely punctured; 

 pygidial area triangular, rather broadly rounded at the apex» 

 Third cubital cell a little more than half as long on the 

 cubitus as the second^ extending a little further than the 

 apex of the radial cell. 



(J . Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance very 

 distinctly less than the length of the second joint of the 

 flagellum. Seventh tergite rather broadly truncate at the 

 apex ; eighth sternite emarginate, the apical angles bluntly 

 produced. 



Hab. Transvaal, Pretoria (Distant), ? ; Zululand, Mfon- 

 gosi {W. E. Jones), (^ , in South African Museum ; British 

 East Africa, Kuja Valley, S. Kavirondo, 4000 ft. {S. A. 

 Neave), ^ , May ; Gold Coast^ N. Territories, Yapi (/. /. 

 Simpson), 9 > December. 



This closely resembles T. etrusca, Rossi, but in that species 

 the galea is no longer than the scape. E,adoszko^^'ski's^ 

 record of T. etrusca from Angola probably refers to this, 

 species. 



