Wasps of the Genus Tacliytes. 41 



margiu deflexed ; vertex very closely microscopically punc- 

 tured; eyes separated on the vertex by a distance about 

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

 Galea shorter than the scape. Basal joint o£ the fore tarsus 

 ■with five spines ; spur of the hind tibia as long as the basal 

 joint of the hind tarsus. Thorax closely and minutely 

 punctured; second steruite and the third, fourth, and fifth 

 sternites on the apical margin closely and minutely punc- 

 tured ; the three latter shining at the base, with large 

 scattered punctures. Pygidial area triangular, rather nar- 

 rowly rounded at the apex. 



Hah. Gold Coast, Northern Territories, Yapi (J. /. Simp- 

 son), December. 



50. Tacliytes notabiiis, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra, gracilis, rugosula, sparse cinereo-pilosa ; fronte clypeoque 

 aureo-piibesceiitibus ; segmentis dorsalibus 4 basalibua fascia 

 apicali griseo-argeutea ; tegulis testaceis ; calearibus, unguiculis, 

 tarsisque articulis apicalibus subtus ferrugiueis ; alis subhyalinis, 

 venis testaceis ; area pygidiali aureo-pubescente. 



(5 . Femiu^e similis. 

 Long., 2 11-13 mm., J H "oim. 



? . Clypeus very broadly truncate at tlie apex ; vertex 

 closely and very finely punctured, with large sparse punc- 

 tures intermingled; eyes separated on the vertex by a distance 

 about equal to the length of the two basal joints of the 

 flagellum. Thorax, very finely rugulose ; median segment 

 more strongly rugulose, nearly twice as long as the scu- 

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

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

 Second sternite minutely and closely punctured ; pygidial 

 area triangular, somewhat elongate, rather narrowly rounded 

 at the apex. Galea shorter than the scape. Third abscissa 

 of the radius shorter than the second ; third cubital cell 

 narrow, extending on the cubitus further than the apex of 

 the radial cell. 



(^ . Eyes as far apart on the vertex as in the female ; 

 seventh tergite broadly rounded at the apex, rather sparsely 

 clothed with very pale golden pubescence ; eighth sternite 

 semicircularly emargiuate at the a])ex. 



Hab. Nyasalandj Mlanje (>S. A.Neave), January to June; 

 Uganda, Entebbe (C. G. Goivdeij), September ; British 

 East Africa, Tiwa Hiver, Ukamba {S. W. J. Scholefield), 

 January. 



The Uganda and East African specimens have the pygidial 



