﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4, 
  .S3 
  

  

  them 
  a 
  whitish 
  appearance. 
  The 
  two 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  

   are 
  completely 
  interstitial 
  ; 
  the 
  pedicle 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  lower 
  cellule. 
  

   Abdomen 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  impunctate; 
  the 
  apex 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs. 
  

  

  CEMONUS. 
  

  

  Neither 
  this 
  genus 
  (or 
  subgenus 
  according 
  to 
  some 
  

   authors) 
  nor 
  its 
  type 
  Pemphredon 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  

   hitherto 
  from 
  the 
  Oriental 
  Region. 
  

  

  Cemonus 
  fuscipennis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PL 
  4, 
  f. 
  16), 
  

  

  Niger, 
  nitidus, 
  sparse 
  albo-hirsiitus 
  ; 
  alis 
  fnmatis, 
  hasi 
  

   fere 
  hyalinis. 
  2. 
  Long. 
  8 
  — 
  g 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Head 
  very 
  shining, 
  the 
  front 
  closely, 
  the 
  vertex 
  much 
  

   more 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  shallow 
  punctures 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  cheeks 
  and 
  clypeus 
  

   at 
  the 
  sides 
  much 
  more 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  punctures 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   mandibles 
  entirely 
  black. 
  Antennae 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  almost 
  

   bare. 
  Thorax 
  shining; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  coarsel}' 
  punctured; 
  

   the 
  mesonotum 
  shining, 
  smooth 
  ; 
  in 
  front 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   widely 
  separated 
  punctures 
  ; 
  and 
  an 
  indistinct, 
  shallow, 
  

   longitudinal 
  furrow 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  more 
  distinct 
  lateral 
  

   one. 
  The 
  smooth 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  is 
  stoutly 
  crenulated 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   longish 
  longitudinal 
  furrow 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  

   (but 
  not 
  at 
  their 
  extreme 
  edges) 
  have 
  some 
  shallow 
  

   punctures. 
  The 
  propleurse 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  are 
  strongly 
  

   aciculated 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  smooth, 
  almost 
  impunctate, 
  the 
  

   mesopleurae 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleura; 
  obliquely 
  

   striolated, 
  almost 
  reticulated. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  

   and 
  tibiae 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  