Wasps of the Genus Tachytes. 35 



Hab. Nyasalaiid, ^Ilaiije (S. A. Neave), December to 

 February; Lingadzi, near Domira Bay, 1700 ft. (JF. A. 

 Lamborn), August ; Uganda Protectorate, between Kumi 

 and N.E. shore of Lake Kioga, 3400-3600 ft. (S. A. Neave), 

 August. 



This species is most easily distinguished by the coarse 

 ch)se puucturatiou of the vertex. Otherwise it is very near 

 hirsutus, Sm,, but in that species the sternites are finely 

 and very closely punctured, in versatUis coarsely and more 

 sparsely punctured. 



40. Tachytes hirsuta, Sm. 

 Tachytes hirsutus, Sm. Cat. Hym. B.M. iv. p. 300 (1853). J . 



(S . Niger ; tarsis articulis 4 apicalibus brunneo-ferrugineis ; tegu- 

 lis testaceis ; ahs hyaUnis, basi pallidissirae flavidulis, veiiis 

 ferrugineis ; fronte clypeoque aureo-pubescentibus ; tborace 

 segtuentoque mediano fiilvo-hirsutis ; segmentis dorsalibus 4 

 basalibus fascia apicali griseo-argenteo pubescente ; segmento 

 septimo dorsali sparse aureo -pubescente. 

 Long. 14 mm. 



($ . Clypeus broadly subtruncate at the apex ; vertex 

 rather sparsely and shallowly punctured ; eyes separated on 

 the vertex by a distance scarcely exceeding the lengih of 

 the second joint of the flagellum ; galea shorter than the 

 scape. Basal joint of the fore tarsus with five spines; spur 

 of hind tibia a Utile shorter than the basal joint of the hind 

 tarsus. Second sternite finely and closely punctured ; 

 seventh tergite broadly rounded at the apex ; eighth sternite 

 narrow^ deeply and narrowly emarginate at the apex, the 

 apical angles bluntly produced. 



Hab. Natal [Smith] ; Mashonaland, Salisbury (G. A. K. 

 Marshall^, January ; Nyasaland^ Mlanje (/S. A. Neave^, 

 December. 



41. Tachytes habilis, sp. u, 



cJ . Niger ; tarsis subtus, calcaribusque fusco-ferrugineis ; tegulis 

 testaceis ; alis hyalinis, pallidissime flavidulis, venis fulvis ; 

 fronte clypeoque aureo-pubescentibus ; tborace segmentoqne 

 mediano griseo-aureo-pubescentibus ; segmentis dorsalibus 4 

 basalibus fascia apicali griseo-argenteo-pubescente. 



Long. 15 mm. 



^ . Clypeus broadly rounded at the apex ; galea shorter 

 than the scape ; vertex minutely and closely punctured ; 

 eves separated on the vertex by a distance about equal to 



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