24 ^Ir. P. Cameron on new Aculeate Jfi/inenoj>tera 



])niictuied. Mandibles rufous at the apex. Palpi testaceous. 

 Eyes at the top separated by nearly the length of the second 

 and third antennal joints united. Thorax thickly covered 

 with pale goLlen pubescence. Median segment closely 

 punctured ; there is a distinct furrow in the middle at the 

 base, which reaches to the middle of tlie basal division. Legs 

 rufo-testaceous; the coxae and trochanters black. Wings 

 liyaline, with a slight yellowish tint; tlie costa and nervures 

 testaceous ; tiie apex of the radius rounded; the second cubital 

 cellule is slightly longer than the first on the top; the first 

 transverse cubital Jiervure is roundly curved ; the second 

 recurrent nervure is received shortly beyond the middle. 

 Abdomen thickly covered with depressed golden pubescence, 

 which forms broad bands on the apices of the segments; the 

 penultimate segment is broadly rufous on the apex ; the 

 pygidium is thickly covered with stiff bright golden pubes- 

 cence. 



The only Indian species of Tuchytes with golden pubescence 

 on the abdomen is T. monetana, which is otherwise very 

 different from tlie species here described. 



Tachytes macuh'tarst's, sp. n. 



Kigra, dense argenteo pilosa ; apicibus tarsorum anterioribus rufis ; 



alis hyalinis, stigmate, costa nervisque rufo-testaceis. $ . 

 Long. 8 mm. 



JIab. Barrackpore {Rothney). Coll. Rothney. 



8cape of antennas densely covered with short, silvery 

 pubescence ; the flagellum with a pale pile. Vertex minutely 

 punctured, the lower part broadly turrowed ; it and the 

 occiput are covered with long fuscous hair. The front 

 (especially laterally), the face, and clypeus are thickly covered 

 with pale gfdden hair; the anterior ocellus is broader than 

 long, not dilated at base or apex. The base of the mandibles 

 thickly covered with silvery pubescence; the apical joints of 

 the ])alpi testaceous. The eyes at the top are separated by 

 the length of the second and third antennal joints united. 

 'I'he apex of the pronotum is thickly covered with depressed 

 silvery pubescence ; the mesonotum with fulvous silvery 

 pubescence and long dark fuscous hair. Scutellum minutely 

 punctured and covered with long fuscous hair ; the post- 

 scutellum thickly with silvery pubescence. Median segment 

 minutely punctuied, the middle at the apex finely transversely 

 striated; the furrow on the upper part wide and deep. Pleurse 

 thickly covered with white pubescence and with long pale 

 fuscous hair ; the metasternal area is stoutly keeled laterally, 



