﻿Manchester 
  Meinoira, 
  \'ol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  75 
  

  

  roundly 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  above 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  bear 
  silvery 
  spots 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  are 
  some- 
  

   what 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  silvery 
  pubescence. 
  The 
  

   legs 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  stiff 
  silvery 
  hairs; 
  the 
  tibial 
  

   spines 
  stout 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  pale 
  testaceous. 
  

  

  Comes 
  nearest 
  to 
  M. 
  regia 
  Sm., 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  ma}' 
  be 
  

   a 
  variety, 
  but 
  is 
  larger 
  judging 
  by 
  the 
  examples 
  at 
  my 
  

   disposal 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  has 
  the 
  flagellum 
  rufous, 
  not 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  legs 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  rufous, 
  and 
  the 
  thorax 
  more 
  

   dilated 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  The 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  want 
  the 
  

   metallic 
  brassy 
  tint 
  of 
  M. 
  inctallica 
  and 
  M. 
  piilchriventris. 
  

  

  Im^lTILLA 
  DIVES, 
  Sp. 
  IIOV. 
  

  

  Nigra 
  : 
  thorace 
  supra 
  ferrugineo 
  ; 
  abdoininc 
  argcnteo- 
  

   maculato. 
  2 
  . 
  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Antennae 
  entirely 
  black, 
  stout, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  

   and 
  thorax 
  united. 
  Head 
  a 
  very 
  little 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  

   thorax, 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  

   hairs, 
  thorax 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  

   rounded, 
  the 
  sides 
  not 
  contracted 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  above 
  ; 
  

   the 
  mesopleurse 
  excavated, 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  densely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  silvery 
  hairs. 
  The 
  median 
  segment 
  

   sharply 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  coarsely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  the 
  

   propleurse 
  with 
  shallow 
  punctures. 
  Abdomen 
  a 
  little 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united, 
  deep 
  black, 
  

   velvety, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  with 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  a 
  somewhat 
  roundish 
  spot 
  

   above 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  a 
  slightly 
  smaller 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  is 
  covered 
  entirely 
  with 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence 
  : 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  is 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  

   silvery 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  black, 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  

  

  1= 
  not 
  unlike 
  M. 
  taprobana 
  but 
  is 
  longer, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  

   pleura; 
  entirely 
  black. 
  

  

  