﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4, 
  49 
  

  

  ment 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  very 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  sparsely- 
  

   punctured 
  in 
  the 
  middle; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  following 
  segments 
  

   punctured, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  hairs, 
  

   which 
  are 
  more 
  silvery 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  vTlPHIA 
  INCISA, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  longe 
  argenteo-pilosa 
  ; 
  apice 
  clypei 
  iiicisa 
  ; 
  alis 
  

   Jiyalinis, 
  nervis 
  fuscis. 
  6. 
  Long, 
  9 
  — 
  10 
  mm. 
  

   Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Head 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  cinereous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  

   rather 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  closely 
  punctured; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  smooth, 
  roundly 
  incised. 
  Antennas 
  thick, 
  the 
  

   scape 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  punctures 
  and 
  with 
  longish 
  white 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  closely 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  micro- 
  

   scopic 
  down. 
  Pronotum 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   apex 
  only 
  impunctate; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  

   but 
  not 
  closely 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  more 
  closely 
  punctured 
  all 
  

   over, 
  this 
  being 
  also 
  the 
  case 
  wdth 
  the 
  post 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  

   the 
  median 
  segment 
  short, 
  finely 
  rugose, 
  opaque, 
  the 
  base 
  

   sparsely, 
  the 
  apex 
  much 
  more 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   white 
  hairs; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  are 
  two 
  straight 
  keels, 
  with 
  an 
  

   indistinct 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  the 
  two 
  forming 
  an 
  area 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope 
  

   and 
  has 
  an 
  indistinct 
  keel 
  down 
  the 
  centre. 
  Propleurae 
  

   aciculated, 
  obscurely 
  striated 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  ; 
  mesopleurje 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurse 
  with 
  about 
  eight 
  semi-oblique 
  

   keels 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  radial 
  cellule 
  closed 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Legs 
  

   entirely 
  black 
  except 
  the 
  calcaria, 
  which 
  are 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  tarsi 
  wdth 
  a 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  beneath. 
  Abdomen 
  

   covered 
  with 
  longish 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  with 
  

   widely 
  separated 
  punctures 
  all 
  over, 
  its 
  apex 
  depressed 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apical 
  more 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  than 
  the 
  

   middle 
  segments. 
  

  

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