1908.] ON MAMMALS PROM ZAMBESIA. 535 



the base of the second and foni-th abdominal segments and a 

 nai^i'ow band on each side of the fifth segment, orange ; the tibia?, 

 tarsi, and the apex of the femora dark ferruginous, the tegula? 

 rufo-testaceous. Wings hyaline, tinted with fuscous ; nervures 

 black. 



Length 9 mm. 



Hah. Victoria [French). 



Type in British Museum. 



The eyes are sepaiuted at the base of the antenna? by a distance 

 equal to about one-third of the length of the scape, the second 

 joint of the flagellum is nearly three times as long as the first and 

 fully half as long again as the third. The fii'st abdominal 

 segment is nari-owed to the base. 



EXPLANATION OP PLATE XXVI. 



Pig. , Fig. 



1. Harpactojpliilus aratoi; sp. n., 9. N^sson (AcantJiostethus) punctatis- 



p. 461. j sinius, sp. n., p. 505. 



2. SarpactopJiihis tricolor, sp. n., 10. Gort/tessanguiuoleiituSjSp.n.,]). 4Q7. 



p. 462. : 11. Gorytes hiciclulus, sp. ii., p. 498. 



3. Ammopliila aurifera, s^. w.,\). 4,Q'i!. 12. JPisonmelanocepkaltimjSp.n^^p.olo. 



4. Psemdtis iiiterstitialis Ca,va.,Tp. 4:63. j 13. Fison {Aulacopliilus) icarioides, 



5. Cerceris inexpectata, sp. ii., p. 469. sp. n., p. 521. 



6. Tachi/tesformosissimus,iiTp.i\.,^.4:9i2. '■ 14. Crahro cinctus, sp.n., -p. 531. 



7. Notoffonki ?'effiiia,Hi->.n., -p. i7o. \ 15. Crabro perlticidus, sp. n., -p. 529. 

 S. Zoi/phium rufonigriun, sp. n.,p. 494. | 



May 26, 1908. 



Prof. E. A. MiNCHiN, M.A., Yice- President, 

 in the Chair, 



The following papers were read : — 



1. The Rudd Exploration of S. Africa. — X. List o£ Mammals 

 collected by Mr. Grant near Tette, Zambesia. By 

 Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.S., and E. C. 

 Wroughton, F.Z.S. 



[Received April 14, 1908.] 



We now come to the final collection of the Rudd Exploration, 

 for after making it Mr. Grant had a severe attack of fever, and 

 by arrangement with Mr. Rudd he has now come home, so that 

 this magnificent exploration, which has been going on for the last 

 five years, thus comes to an end. 



Further details of the papers written on the dififerent collections 

 are appended to the present account, but we may here say that 



