﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  81 
  

  

  Thorax 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  

   closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  smooth, 
  

   impunctate 
  ; 
  post-scutellum 
  rugose 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   reticulated 
  ; 
  its 
  top 
  on 
  the 
  oblique 
  apex 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  oval, 
  

   impunctate 
  depression 
  ; 
  a 
  wide 
  deep 
  oblique 
  depression 
  

   on 
  the 
  mesopleura. 
  The 
  basal 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   black 
  ; 
  its 
  apex, 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   third, 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  ventral 
  segment 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  

  

  PisoN 
  (Parapison) 
  Rothneyi, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PL 
  4, 
  f. 
  15). 
  

  

  Nigrum, 
  argcntco-pilosum 
  ; 
  mandihulis 
  geniciilis, 
  tibiisque 
  

   anticis 
  nifis 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis. 
  2. 
  Long, 
  6 
  — 
  7 
  mm, 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rotliney). 
  

  

  Black, 
  shining, 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence. 
  Head 
  

   finely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  fuscous 
  pubescence, 
  

   except 
  at 
  the 
  incision 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  the 
  cheeks 
  thickly 
  

   and 
  the 
  clypeus 
  more 
  sparsel}- 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubes- 
  

   cence 
  ; 
  an 
  indistinct 
  shallow 
  longitudinal 
  furrow 
  below 
  

   the 
  ocelli 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  and 
  palpi 
  rufous. 
  Antennae 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  three 
  joints 
  rufous 
  beneath 
  ; 
  covered 
  

   with 
  sparse 
  fuscous 
  pubescence. 
  Thorax 
  shining, 
  impunc- 
  

   tate 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence, 
  especially 
  

   at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  

   longitudinal 
  furrow 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  segment. 
  Pleurae 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  white 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  propleuras 
  brownish 
  and 
  surrounded 
  

   by 
  a 
  fringe 
  of 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  

   mesopleura 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  short 
  depression, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   wide 
  ; 
  the 
  sternum 
  deeply 
  and 
  widely 
  excavated. 
  Legs 
  

   black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  femora, 
  the 
  front 
  tibiae 
  entirely, 
  

   the 
  hinder 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  basal 
  three-fourths 
  

   of 
  the 
  hinder, 
  the 
  hinder 
  knees 
  and 
  the 
  calcaria, 
  rufo- 
  

  

  F 
  

  

  