226 Franz Fried r. Kohl: Zar Synonymie der Tachytes. 



MentraphuS pselaphodes n. sp. Parum convexus, rufus, 

 laevigatus, esculpturatus, elytris late rufo-testaceis, margine apicalt 

 cum abdominis basl dense einer eo-setuloso. Long. 2 mm. 



Antenhae rather long and stout, first Joint thick, twice 

 as long as tlie second , ninth only sliglitly larger than the 

 eighth, not transverse, tenth sliglitly larger than it, terminal 

 Joint elongate, oval, not broad. Head narrow, eyes convex and 

 witli convex facets, the surface between them deeply depressed. 

 Thorax slender not half so broad as the elytra, longer than 

 broad, withont sculptnre. 



Elytra narrow at the Shoulders, becoming much broader 

 behind, with a very fine sutural stria and with a vague intra- 

 humeral depression at the extreme base, withont pubescence 

 er seulpture except that with a powerful lens an extremely 

 fine strigosity is detected on the basal portion, the hind-margin 

 densely furnished with pale setulosity such as is seen in 

 Pselaphus. The basal dorsal segment very elongate, with broad, 

 flat, not raised lateral margin ; on the underside the base of the 

 hindbody is furnished with a broad ring of pubescence similar 

 to that existing on the upper surface. 



A Single individual was sent me from Mesopotamia by 

 the late Dr. Millingen. 



luv Synonymie der Hymenopterengattnng Tachysphex. 



Von Franz Friedr. Kohl. 



Folgende Angaben erfolgen auf Grund der Autopsie der 

 typischen Stücke: 



1. Tachytes erythnopus Costa (erythrop. Spin.?) [Prosp. sist. 

 Imen. ital. Ann. IV. p. 84, n. 3, (5 9, 1867] = Lyrops (Tachij- 

 sphex) fluctuata Gerstaecker, Diagn. d. v. Peters in Mossamb. 

 ges. Hym. [Ber. Verh. Akad. Berlin 1857.] 



2. Tachytes grandis Chevrier, „Hym. div. du bassin du Leman" 

 [Mitth. Schweiz. Ent. Ges. III. 1872, (5, p. 508] = Larra 

 anathema Rossi, (5 [Faun. Etrusc. t. II. p. 65. 822]. 



3. Tachytes discolon Frivaldszky, Data ad faun. Hung. mer. com. 

 Temes et Krassö [Publ. math. phys. Acad. Hung. Vol. XIII. 

 (5, p. 351, 1876] == Tachytes (Tachysphex) Panzeri v. d. L. 

 (Dhlb.) Hym. Eur. t. I. p. 125, n. 61, cJ. 



