﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  125 
  

  

  the 
  sixth, 
  they 
  almost 
  unite 
  ; 
  ventral 
  surface 
  lemon- 
  

   yellow, 
  rugose, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  white 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Stelis 
  parvula, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra; 
  dense 
  albo-liirsuta 
  ; 
  tegulis 
  abdomineque 
  albo- 
  

   macidatis 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis. 
  Long. 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   rest 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  covered 
  with 
  similar 
  hair 
  ; 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  

   thickly 
  ; 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  piceous 
  ; 
  punctured. 
  

   Antennae 
  with 
  the 
  scape 
  covered 
  closely 
  with 
  moderately 
  

   long 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  with 
  a 
  microscopic 
  pile. 
  

   Pronotum 
  finely, 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  coarsely, 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   pronotum 
  in 
  front 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   notum 
  in 
  front 
  is 
  also 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   rest 
  of 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  pubescence 
  sparser 
  and 
  shorter 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  nearly 
  as 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  as 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   notum 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  entire, 
  rounded 
  ; 
  its 
  sides 
  broadly 
  white. 
  

   Mesopleurse 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   pleurae 
  slightly 
  pilose 
  ; 
  the 
  meta- 
  as 
  thickly 
  haired 
  as 
  the 
  

   jneso-pleurae 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  hardly 
  pilose. 
  

   Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs, 
  the 
  

   knees 
  and 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  rufous; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  yellowish- 
  

   white. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   stigma 
  darker 
  ; 
  tegulas 
  large, 
  yellow, 
  a 
  large 
  black 
  mark 
  

   in 
  the 
  centre. 
  Abdomen 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs, 
  

   especially 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  

   with 
  longish, 
  moderately 
  broad 
  yellow 
  marks 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  

   two 
  segments 
  narrowly 
  lined 
  with 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  to 
  

   fifth 
  segments 
  bear 
  two 
  elongated 
  yellow 
  marks 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apical 
  segment 
  has 
  an 
  elongated 
  mark 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  and 
  

   two 
  somewhat 
  roundish 
  ones 
  in 
  the 
  centre. 
  Ventral 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  thickly 
  covered, 
  especially 
  at 
  the 
  apices, 
  with 
  long 
  

   white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  their 
  sides 
  lined 
  with 
  yellow. 
  

  

  