﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Fo/ 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  gi 
  

  

  Prosopis 
  stkenua, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long. 
  6 
  mm. 
  5. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  closely, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  

   strongly, 
  punctured 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  a 
  

   square 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  a 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  orbits 
  

   extending 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  

   level 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  ocellus, 
  and 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  wider 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle, 
  bright 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  labrum 
  and 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  

   mandibles 
  piceous; 
  the 
  palpi 
  testaceous. 
  The 
  front 
  raised 
  

   and 
  stoutly 
  keeled 
  laterally 
  over 
  the 
  antennae. 
  Antennae 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  fuscous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  scape 
  

   and 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  joints, 
  obscure 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  obscure 
  testaceous 
  beneath. 
  Thorax 
  black; 
  

   a 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front, 
  

   the 
  tegulae 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  a 
  mark 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  them, 
  

   lemon-yellow. 
  Mesonotum 
  closely 
  and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  

   punctured; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  with 
  the 
  punctures, 
  if 
  anything, 
  

   larger, 
  but 
  more 
  widel}- 
  separated. 
  Middle 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  raised, 
  the 
  raised 
  parts 
  forming 
  a 
  rugose 
  triangle, 
  

   bordered 
  by 
  a 
  smooth 
  space 
  semicircular 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   which 
  again 
  is 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  distinct 
  keel 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  has 
  

   a 
  straight 
  abrupt 
  slope; 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  excavated; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  transversely 
  rugose. 
  Pleurae 
  rather 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  a 
  wide 
  furrow 
  running 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  tegulae 
  

   to 
  the 
  sternum, 
  which 
  is 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   hollowed 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  slightly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  

   tibiae, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   hinder, 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  tarsi, 
  bright 
  yellow; 
  the 
  front 
  four 
  tarsi 
  testaceous, 
  

   obscure 
  yellow 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  black 
  at 
  base 
  behind. 
  Wings 
  

   hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  costa 
  

   darker; 
  the 
  two 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  interstitial. 
  Abdomen 
  

   black, 
  shining, 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  bearing 
  fuscous 
  hairs. 
  

  

  