Oil Soulli- American FeliJse. 43 



Larrn (Lin's) opiparu, Kohl, Ann. iiaturh. Ilofmus. Wien. ix. p. 297 



(1894). $. 

 Taclu/tes capitalis, Had. Jouin. acad. sc. & math, Lisboa, viii. p. 210 



(1S81). $. 



Hadoszkowski's description undoubtedly refers to this 

 wide-ranging Ethiopian species. 



Tachysphex agilis, Sm. 

 Tachjtes arjills, Sm. Cat. Ilyni. B.M. iv. p. 301 (1856). S ■ 



This is undoubtedly a Tachysphex. 



These two species are included in Tachytes in Dalla 

 Torre's Catalogue, but do not belong to the genus, lladosz- 

 kowski's name falling as a synonym and ISmith's species 

 agil'ts being a Tachysphex. Tachytes etrusca, Kossi, recorded 

 by Radoszkowski from Angola, is doubtless an error in 

 ideutilication. 



Noiogonia trivittata, Kirby. 

 Tachytes trivittatus, W. F. Kirbv, Bull. Liverp. Mus. iii. p. 16 (1900). 



Notogonia expedita, Kohl, Ilymeuopteren SiidarabieDS, p. 51 (190G). 



Kirby placed this species in the wrong genus. It inhabits 

 Sokotra, and I have not seen specimens from continental 

 Africa. 



Tachysphex quadricolor, Gerst. 



Lyrops quadricolor, Gerst. Mouatsber. Akad. AViss. Berlin, p. 510 



(1857). $,_ 

 Lyrops quadricolor, Gerst. Peters. Reise n. Mossambique Zool. v. 



p. 477 (1862). 2- T. 30. F. 13. 

 Tachytes quadricolor, D. T. Oat. Hymen, viii. p. G93 (1897). 



I consider that this E. African species is undoubtedly a 

 Tachysphex. 



II. — The Groups of the small and medium-sized South- 

 American Felidse. J3y R. I. PocoCK, F.K.JS. 



1 . ■ — ■ ■ 



Writing in 1903 upon the spotted tiger-cats, excludino- 

 ocelots, of iSouth America, Oldtieid Thomas* pointed out 

 tliat tlie specitjs fall, or appear to fall, into the following 

 groups : — 



I. Size larger. Fur soft and thick. Nape-hairs generally reversed 

 forwards — at least, in part. Skull broadly rounded, with a large 



* Ann. & Mag. Xat. Hist. (7) xii. pp. 234-239. 



