﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  139 
  

  

  Ceratina 
  beata, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra, 
  flavo-mactdata; 
  alts 
  hyalinis. 
  Long, 
  fere 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Trincomali, 
  Ceylon 
  {Yerhury). 
  

  

  Head 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  glabrous, 
  lemon-yellow; 
  a 
  

   broad 
  black 
  line 
  runs 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  curving 
  

   round 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  and 
  continued 
  broadly 
  

   upwards 
  till 
  it 
  joins 
  a 
  broad 
  black 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  vertex, 
  

   enclosing 
  two 
  yellow 
  marks 
  joined 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  above 
  the 
  

   antennae, 
  these 
  two 
  yellow 
  marks 
  being 
  joined 
  to 
  the 
  

   lower 
  yellow 
  one 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  antennae 
  ; 
  

   the 
  inner 
  orbits 
  are 
  yellow 
  ; 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  

   yellow 
  line 
  which 
  reaches 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  man- 
  

   dibles, 
  nearing 
  the 
  eyes 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  so 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  occiput 
  is 
  a 
  yellow 
  line 
  dilated 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  

   vertex 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  has 
  large 
  shallow 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mandibular 
  teeth 
  black. 
  Antennae 
  black, 
  rufo-testaceous 
  

   beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  having 
  a 
  yellower 
  line. 
  Prothorax 
  

   yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  black, 
  with 
  two 
  yellow 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  lines 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  and 
  two 
  narrower 
  ones 
  at 
  

   the 
  sides, 
  neither 
  reaching 
  the 
  base 
  nor 
  apex 
  ; 
  its 
  base 
  

   obscurely 
  punctured, 
  Scutellum 
  and 
  post-scutellum 
  

   yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   shagreened. 
  Mesopleurae 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  yellow, 
  except 
  

   a 
  broad 
  line, 
  below 
  the 
  wings 
  and 
  round 
  the 
  apex; 
  the 
  

   metapleura 
  black 
  ; 
  under 
  the 
  wings 
  is 
  a 
  raised 
  shining 
  

   spot. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  lemon-yellow 
  ; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  hairs. 
  Abdomen 
  yellow, 
  shining, 
  minutely 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  the 
  segments 
  broadl}' 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   surface 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Ceratina 
  moderata, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra 
  ; 
  labro, 
  clypeo, 
  basi 
  tibiannn, 
  lineisque 
  abdominis, 
  

   flavis; 
  alis 
  hyalinis. 
  Long. 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  the 
  labruni, 
  clypeus, 
  a 
  curved 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  face 
  

   close 
  to 
  the 
  eyes 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  antennae, 
  the 
  dilated 
  

  

  