﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  17 
  

  

  areolet 
  is 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  space 
  bounded 
  by 
  the 
  second 
  

   transverse 
  cubital 
  and 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervure. 
  Abdomen 
  

   shining, 
  impunctate; 
  bare; 
  black; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  petiole, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment, 
  the 
  third 
  

   segment 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  almost 
  

   entirely, 
  rufous. 
  

  

  HeMITELES 
  VEDA, 
  Sp. 
  IIOV. 
  

  

  FerrugineMs, 
  thorace 
  nigro-inaculato 
  ; 
  alls 
  fiilvis. 
  Long. 
  

   15 
  ; 
  terebra 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Trincomali, 
  Ceylon 
  {Yerhnry). 
  

  

  Head 
  ferruginous, 
  the 
  part 
  above 
  the 
  antennae, 
  and 
  a 
  

   triangular 
  mark 
  leading 
  down 
  to 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  ocelli, 
  

   black, 
  the 
  part 
  enclosing 
  the 
  ocelli 
  being 
  also 
  black 
  ; 
  

   strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  and 
  the 
  part 
  immediately 
  

   over 
  the 
  antennae, 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  orbits 
  below 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  obscure 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  orbits 
  above 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  distinctly 
  margined 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  black. 
  Antennae 
  bare 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  

   thirteenth 
  joint 
  brownish 
  beneath, 
  blackish 
  above. 
  

   Thorax 
  rufous 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  propleurae, 
  the 
  

   mesopleuras 
  broadly 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  narrowly 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  

   down 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  except 
  a 
  mark 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre 
  leading 
  into 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  side, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment, 
  its 
  apex 
  and 
  two 
  

   oblique 
  marks 
  there, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  metanotal 
  keels 
  almost 
  

   obsolete 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  

   straight 
  central 
  and 
  an 
  oblique 
  lateral 
  fairly 
  well 
  indi- 
  

   cated; 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  propleurae 
  obliquely 
  striolated; 
  

   the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  narrowly 
  longitu- 
  

   dinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  crenulated, 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  stout 
  curved 
  keel. 
  Legs 
  

   ferruginous, 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  coxae, 
  black. 
  Wings 
  fulvous, 
  

   lighter 
  coloured 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  costa 
  fulvous; 
  

   the 
  nervures 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  areolet 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  

  

  B 
  

  

  