﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  ^'^' 
  ^* 
  ^3 
  

  

  radius 
  oblique 
  and 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  elongate, 
  its 
  lower 
  side 
  twice 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  

   shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  

   of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  Abdomen 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  rufo- 
  

   fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  with 
  large 
  deep 
  

   punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  keel 
  blunt 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  indis- 
  

   tinctly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  segments 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apices 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  orange 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   last 
  segment 
  is 
  more 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  and 
  is 
  stoutly 
  

   keeled 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  

  

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  Nigra, 
  thorace 
  rufo, 
  mesopleuris 
  nigris 
  ; 
  alts 
  fusco- 
  

   hyalinis. 
  6. 
  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Head 
  black, 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  densely 
  with 
  

   white 
  pubescence 
  and 
  more 
  sparsely 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  a 
  furrow 
  leads 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  antennas 
  ; 
  head 
  rounded 
  

   and 
  narrowed 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes, 
  the 
  vertex 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  an 
  indistinct 
  furrow 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  

   the 
  ocelli; 
  mandibles 
  entirely 
  black; 
  palpi 
  pale. 
  Antennae 
  

   stout, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  

   sparsely 
  haired. 
  Prothorax 
  large, 
  red, 
  except 
  a 
  somewhat 
  

   triangular 
  black 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  propleura; 
  : 
  

   in 
  front 
  it 
  is 
  transverse 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  above 
  straight, 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  widened 
  and 
  straight 
  towards 
  the 
  tegulse. 
  Meso- 
  

   notum 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  as 
  also 
  the 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  the 
  

   median 
  segment 
  strongl}- 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  reticulations 
  

   large 
  and 
  all 
  well 
  defined, 
  the 
  central 
  reticulation 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  being 
  the 
  largest, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  straight, 
  and 
  the 
  

   apex 
  triangular. 
  The 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  is 
  

   obliquely 
  truncated. 
  The 
  propleurse 
  are 
  coarsel}' 
  longi- 
  

   tudinally 
  striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  somewhat 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  latter 
  

  

  