﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  41 
  

  

  Halticella 
  erythropus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  pedibus 
  rufis, 
  coxis, 
  tibiis 
  tarsisque 
  posticis 
  nigris; 
  

   alis 
  hyalinis. 
  Long. 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Agra 
  (Rothitey). 
  

  

  Head 
  coarsely 
  punctured; 
  above 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   silvery 
  hair; 
  the 
  face 
  from 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  on 
  

   either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  antennal 
  groove 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   pale 
  golden 
  hair; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  stoutly 
  margined. 
  

   Antennae 
  long, 
  slender, 
  bare, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  

   rufous. 
  Thorax 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  on 
  the 
  

   mesonotum 
  much 
  finer 
  and 
  closer 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  smooth, 
  impunctate 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  Median 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  areolated, 
  the 
  base 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  golden 
  

   hair; 
  the 
  basal 
  central 
  area 
  elongated 
  pyriform, 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  striolated. 
  Propleurae 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesopleurae 
  hollowed, 
  bare, 
  stoutly 
  longitudinally 
  strio- 
  

   lated 
  ; 
  metapleurae 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  fulvo-silvery 
  hair. 
  Fore 
  coxae 
  with 
  the 
  

   edges 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  margined 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  coxae 
  very 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  silvery 
  hair 
  

   in 
  front; 
  the 
  femora 
  slightly, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  hair. 
  Abdomen 
  very 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  apex 
  laterally 
  thickly 
  and 
  

   the 
  other 
  segments 
  more 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   silvery 
  hair. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  a 
  faint 
  fuscous 
  cloud 
  under 
  

   the 
  costa; 
  the 
  nervures 
  fuscous; 
  tegulae 
  rufo-testaceous. 
  

  

  The 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  are 
  obsolete 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  without 
  teeth; 
  the 
  antennae 
  are 
  ii-jointed, 
  long, 
  

   slender 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  reaches 
  to 
  the 
  ocelli 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  coxae 
  

   have 
  a 
  large 
  stout 
  tooth 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  fore 
  tibiae 
  may 
  

   be 
  infuscated, 
  and 
  the 
  hinder 
  rufous 
  behind; 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  projects 
  into 
  a 
  stout, 
  

   large 
  tooth. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  agrees 
  best 
  with 
  Euchalcis 
  as 
  defined 
  by 
  

   Kirby 
  {Journ. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  {Zool.) 
  xvii., 
  63). 
  

  

  