3t ^Ir. 11. E. Turner on 



Hab. Cape (Kohl) ; Gold Coast, Northern Territories, 

 Yapi (/. J. Simpson), December ; Nyasalaiul, S.W, of Lake 

 Cliilwa {S. A. Neave), January ; Uganda Protectorate, 

 between S.E. shore of Lake Kioga and Kakindu, 3500 ft. 

 {S. A. Neave), August. 



Kohl's description is very brief, but I think I have rightly- 

 identified the species. The male from Uganda differs in 

 having the eighth sternite very feebly emarginate, not 

 truncate as in the specimen of the male from Yapi ; the 

 female from Yapi does not differ appreciably from that from 

 Nyasaland. 



39. Tachytes versatilis, sp. n. 



5. Xigra ; fronte clypeoque griseo-argenteo-pubcscentibus ; tlio- 

 race segmon toque mediano dense fulvo-pul)escentibus ; segmentis 

 dorsalibus 4 basalibus fascia interrupta argenteo-pubescente ; 

 area pygidiali rufo-fusco-setosa ; tegulis testaceis ; calcaribus 

 fuscis ; unguieulis pallide ferrugineis ; tarsorum spinis albidis ; 

 alis subbyaliuis, apice leviter et augustissinie inlumatis, veiiis 

 ferrugineis ; vertico crasse et dense punctato. 

 J, Feminte sirailis, segmento dorsali sej)timo aureo-pubescente. 



Long., 2 16-18 mm., d 1-1 nim. 



$ . Clvpeus very broadly rounded, the extreme apex 

 narrowly depressed and subemarginate in the middle. 

 Second joint of the labial palpi stout, distinctly longer than 

 the third ; galea not elongate, very broadly rounded at the 

 apex. Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance equal 

 to the length of the two basal joints of the flagellnm ; the 

 vertex coarsely and closely punctured. ISasal joint of fore 

 tarsus with six spines. Median segment scarcely longer 

 than the scutellum and postscutellum combined. Abdomen 

 closely and distinctly punctured, more sparsely at the base 

 of the tergites than at the apex ; second sternite shining, 

 evenly, but not very closely or minutely, punctured. Pygi- 

 dial area subtriangular, rather broadly rounded at the apex. 

 Third cubital cell extending on the cubitus further than the 

 apex of the radial cell; second abscissa of the radius some- 

 times longer than the third, but in some specimens shoii;er. 



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

 exceeding the length of the second joint of the Hagellum ; 

 seventh tergite broad, rather broadly snbtruncate at the 

 apex ; eighth sternite rather widely, but not very deeply 

 emarginate, the angles rather strongly produced. Second 

 ventral segment with larger and closer punctures than in 

 the female. Basal joint of fore tarsus with five spines. 



