Wasps of the Genus Tacliytes, 33 



with golden pubescence; eighth sternite deeply and rather 

 narrowly emarginate, the angles produced. Second and 

 third joints of the labial palpi subeqnal, rather short. 



Hub. Nyasaland, Mlanje (^S. A. Neave), January to April; 

 N.E. Rhodesia between Fort Jameson and Lnudazi, 4000 ft. 

 (S. A. Neave), June ; Mashonaland, Salisl)ury (G. A. K. 

 Marshall), January; British East Africa, Kibwezi, 3000 ft. 

 {S. A. Neave), April. 



This is a smaller species than separalilis or hamiltoni, and 

 may also be distinguished in the male sex by the seventh 

 tergite which is rounded, not truncate, and by the more 

 narrowly emarginate eighth sternite. The female may be 

 distinguished from separabiUs by the much more pointed 

 pygidial area. The galea is also much shorter and broader 

 than in either of the above-mentioned species, being no 

 longer than the scape. 



38. Tachytes tomentosa. Kohl. 

 Tacliytes tomentosus. Kohl, Ann. Soc. Eat. Belg. xx\.v. p. 16 (1891). 



5. 



5 . Nigra ; clypeo, fronte, pronoto, pleuris, mesonoto lateribus, 

 scutello apice, segmento mediano lateribus, segmentis dorsahbus 

 4 basaUbus pygidioque aureo-pubescentibus ; segmentis abdomin- 

 alibus margine apicali brunneo-ferrugineis ; teguhs testaceis ; 

 femoribus parte apicali, tibiis tarsisque ferrugiueis ; alls pallide 

 flavo-hyalinis, veuis ferrugineis. 



c? . Feminae similis. 



Long., 2 13-14 mm., cS 13 mm. 



? . Clypeus broadly rounded at the apex ; vertex not 

 distinctly punctured. 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 tarsus with live spines. 

 Second sternite subopaque^ very minutely and closely 

 punctured, with a smooth area on the middle of the apical 

 margin. In addition to the apical fasciae the dorsal seg- 

 ments are thinly clothed with very short dull golden pubes- 

 cence ; the pygidial area is rounded at the apex. Third 

 cubital cell shorter than the second on the cubitus by about 

 one-quarter. 



^ . Seventh tergite rather narrowly truncate at the apex ; 

 eighth ventral segment truncate at the apex, the angles not 

 produced. The pubescence on the abdomen is paler than 

 in the female ; and the eyes are very close together on the 

 vertex, separated by about the length of the first joint of 

 the flagellum. 



Ann, c& Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol xx. 3 



