﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs:, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  37 
  

  

  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  tibias 
  are 
  obscure 
  testaceous 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  tarsi 
  black. 
  The 
  lower 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  nervures 
  are 
  testaceous. 
  

   The 
  petiole 
  obscure 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  raised 
  central 
  part 
  finely 
  

   longitudinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  rather 
  

   coarsely 
  longitudinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  much 
  more 
  

   strongly 
  than 
  the 
  third; 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  also 
  its 
  sides 
  depressed 
  

   and 
  finely 
  and 
  irregularly 
  striated 
  ; 
  both 
  have 
  a 
  smoother 
  

   longitudinal 
  line 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  

   are 
  obscure 
  brownish 
  and 
  aciculated. 
  

  

  Spinaria 
  nigriceps, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PI. 
  3, 
  f. 
  7). 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  ihorace 
  abdoininisque 
  basi 
  rufis 
  ; 
  pedibns 
  ante- 
  

   rioribus 
  pallide 
  flavis; 
  alis 
  fuscis. 
  Long. 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  (Yerbury). 
  

  

  Head 
  black, 
  the 
  oral 
  region 
  and 
  organs 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  a 
  

   broad 
  furrow 
  leads- 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  ocelli 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   curved 
  one 
  over 
  each 
  antennae. 
  Antennae 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  body, 
  black, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  close 
  

   microscopic 
  pile. 
  Thorax 
  bare, 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  sutures 
  

   crenulated 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  curved 
  crenulated 
  depression 
  on 
  the 
  

   lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  mesosternum, 
  which 
  is 
  black 
  for 
  the 
  

   greater 
  part 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  bears 
  large 
  shallow 
  

   punctures. 
  Legs 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  

   anterior 
  entirely 
  pallid 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  black, 
  the 
  

   apices 
  of 
  the 
  coxai 
  and 
  the 
  trochanters 
  pale. 
  Wings 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  body 
  ; 
  fusco-hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  and 
  

   stigma 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  paler 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   Abdomen 
  shining, 
  base 
  longitudinally 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  

   with 
  a 
  large 
  distinctly 
  margined 
  (rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex) 
  

   space, 
  which 
  is 
  smooth, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  punc- 
  

   tures 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  metapleura 
  over 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   hind 
  coxa 
  is 
  a 
  sharp 
  tooth 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ends 
  in 
  two 
  large 
  sharp 
  teeth, 
  the 
  part 
  between 
  

   t 
  hem 
  at 
  their 
  base 
  being 
  rounded 
  ; 
  at 
  their 
  side 
  is 
  a 
  

  

  