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

  

  -D 
  

  

  largely 
  converging 
  at 
  the 
  bottom, 
  they 
  being 
  there 
  not 
  

   separated 
  by 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  

   scape. 
  Thorax 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  broadly, 
  tegular 
  

   and 
  tubercles 
  yellow. 
  jSIesonotum 
  opaque 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  

   lobe 
  raised 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  and 
  meso-pleurae 
  longitudinalh' 
  

   striolated, 
  closely 
  above, 
  more 
  widely 
  below 
  ; 
  the 
  meta- 
  

   pleurse 
  reticulated. 
  The 
  four 
  front 
  legs 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiee 
  

   and 
  femora 
  infuscated 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  

   black. 
  The 
  wings 
  reach 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

   Petiole 
  black, 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  

   dilated 
  ; 
  its 
  top 
  with 
  an 
  elongated 
  depression 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  

   segments 
  testaceous 
  beneath. 
  

  

  Anomalon 
  brachypterum, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigrmn, 
  pcdibns 
  antcriorihus, 
  trochanterihnsqne 
  posticis, 
  

   pallidis 
  ; 
  alis 
  hrevibns, 
  hyalinis 
  ; 
  ahdomine 
  tcstacco, 
  apice 
  

   nigro. 
  6. 
  Long. 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Trincomali, 
  Ceylon 
  {Ycrbury). 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black, 
  the 
  scape 
  yellow 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  microscopic 
  down. 
  Head 
  black 
  ; 
  closel}- 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  mandibles 
  testaceous, 
  the 
  palpi 
  white. 
  Thorax 
  black, 
  

   rough 
  ; 
  in 
  front 
  sparsely, 
  behind 
  thickly, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  gradual 
  slope. 
  

   Wings 
  short, 
  not 
  reaching 
  much 
  beyond 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   petiole 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  black. 
  The 
  front 
  four 
  legs 
  whitish 
  

   yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  posterior 
  black, 
  the 
  trochanters, 
  knees, 
  and 
  

   spurs 
  whitish-yellow 
  (the 
  front 
  four 
  legs 
  are 
  vermilion, 
  but 
  

   this 
  is 
  probably 
  owing 
  to 
  discoloration 
  with 
  chemicals). 
  

   Abdomen 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  

   petiole 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  second 
  segment, 
  nodose 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex; 
  the 
  base 
  black; 
  the 
  apex 
  brownish; 
  the 
  rest 
  rufo- 
  

   testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  testaceous, 
  black 
  above 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apical 
  two 
  segments 
  black 
  above. 
  

  

  