﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4, 
  21 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  middle 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment. 
  

   Legs 
  fulvous, 
  the 
  coxae 
  yellow; 
  a 
  large 
  mark 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   the 
  hind 
  pair 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  mark 
  behind, 
  joined 
  together 
  

   by 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  black. 
  Petiole 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  band 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ending 
  before 
  the 
  

   apex 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  semicircle 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  closely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  terminal 
  segments 
  are 
  brownish 
  ; 
  the 
  

   oblique 
  depression 
  on 
  the 
  2 
  — 
  4th 
  segments 
  distinct 
  ; 
  

   the 
  second 
  segment 
  broadly 
  depressed 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  the 
  segment 
  at 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  depression 
  

   being 
  yellow. 
  The 
  outer 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  cubitus 
  curved 
  ; 
  the 
  

   areolet 
  oblique, 
  shortly 
  appendiculated 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  the 
  

   cloud 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  costa 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  

   same 
  distance 
  below 
  the 
  cubital 
  nervure. 
  

  

  PiMPLA 
  TAPROBAN^, 
  Sp. 
  UOV. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  pcdihns 
  flavis, 
  coxis 
  trochanteribiisqite 
  nigris 
  ; 
  alts 
  

   fulvo-hyalinis. 
  ?. 
  Long. 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon. 
  

  

  Head 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  white 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  projecting, 
  at 
  top 
  forming 
  almost 
  a 
  

   triangle 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  forming 
  a 
  semicircle 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  almost 
  perpendicular; 
  

   the 
  labrum 
  piceous, 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  golden 
  hair 
  ; 
  palpi 
  

   and 
  mandibles 
  entirely 
  black. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  hair; 
  obscurely 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  

   a 
  large 
  square 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  a 
  long 
  one 
  on 
  

   the 
  post-scutellum, 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  broadly 
  

   raised 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  the 
  centre 
  raised; 
  

   strongly, 
  the 
  sides 
  finely 
  transversely, 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  rather 
  acute 
  

   at 
  the 
  top. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-pleura^ 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  whitish 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  and 
  

   having 
  a 
  plumbeous 
  tinge. 
  Legs 
  almost 
  bare 
  ; 
  the 
  fore 
  

   trochanters 
  beneath 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  all 
  round, 
  yellow. 
  

   Wings 
  fulvo-hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  testaceous 
  in 
  the 
  middle; 
  

  

  