from the Oriental Zoological Rejion. 2.\ 



Tachytes aurijrona, sp. ri. 



Nigra ; abdomiiiis basi rufa, fronte aurco pilosa ; apico tarsorum 



rufo ; alls liyalinis, costa stigraatequo testaceis. 2 • 

 Long. 8 mm. 



Ildh. Ct'\ Ion {Ro(hney), 'rrincoinali {Yerhun/). Coll. 

 Kotliiicy. 



Aiifeniiaj black, covorcil witli a pale down. Front an I 

 vertex closely pnnctured ; tlie vertex witli a shallow, the 

 ocellar region with a wider and deeper longitudinal furrow; 

 the hitter is distinctly raised; the hair on the front is longish, 

 thick, and bright golden, on the vertex it is thinner and 

 shorter ; the j)nbeseence on the face and clypeus is silvery, 

 ititernuxed with golden on the sides. The ocellus is broader 

 than long and rounded at the sides. Th»i apex of the clypeus 

 is depressed and with a row of punctures on the sides. Tliorax 

 densely covered with silvery pubescence; that on the meso- 

 iiotuni has a golden hue ; on the median segment it is long 

 and thick. The base of the median segment is alutaceous; 

 the furrow on the apex does not extend much beyond the 

 middle ; it is large, wide, rounded at the toj), triangular at 

 the apex ; except at the toj), the apex of the segment is 

 closely transversely striated. Pleurte closely and minutely 

 punctured; the metapleurje thickly covered with silvery 

 pubescence. Legs black ; the fore tibia; for the greater 

 |)art, the fore tarsi and the ai)ices of the hinder tarsi, rufo- 

 testaceous. Wings clear hyaline; the first cul)ital cellule at 

 the top is not much, if any, longer than the second; the 

 second recurrent nervure is received in the middle of the cellule. 

 The basal segment of the abdomen is entirely red, the second 

 except at the apex ; the apices of the segments are thickly 

 banded with silvery pubescence. Teguhe testaceous. The 

 apex of the scape of the antennai is testaceous. 



The only species with golden pubescence on the head is 

 auriceps ; but that is a larger s])ecies (11-12 mm.) and has 

 the legs for the greater part red and differs in other res[)ects. 



Tachyles tabrobancCy sj). n. 



Nigra, dense anreo pilosa ; fcraoribus, tibiis tursiscjue rufo-testaceis ; 



alis hyalinis, nervis testaceis. 2 • 

 Long. 12 ram. 



Ilab. Ceylon {Yerburtj). 



Antenme black, inclining to brownish towards the apex. 

 Head thickly covered with pale golden pubescence, which 

 hides the texture, except on the vertex, which is sparsely 



