﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  J'ol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  141 
  

  

  Ceratina 
  ornatifera, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  C. 
  hicroglypliica, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  legs 
  

   entirely 
  black, 
  except 
  a 
  yellow 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  tibise. 
  

  

  Head 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  with 
  scattered 
  punctures 
  ; 
  a 
  depression, 
  

   narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   ocellus 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  flat, 
  shining, 
  and 
  bear 
  a 
  

   row 
  of 
  punctures, 
  there 
  being 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  three 
  inside 
  of 
  it 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  sharp 
  keel 
  between 
  the 
  antennae, 
  

   from 
  which 
  the 
  sides 
  slope 
  sharply 
  and 
  are 
  punctured. 
  

   The 
  clypeus 
  has 
  widely 
  separated 
  punctures, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre 
  ; 
  the 
  labrum 
  is 
  rugosely 
  punctured. 
  Antennae 
  

   entirely 
  black, 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  the 
  scape 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  long 
  

   fuscous 
  hairs. 
  On 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  

   to 
  the 
  apex, 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  yellow 
  mark, 
  which 
  at 
  its 
  apex 
  

   extends 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  bounded 
  by 
  a 
  curved 
  furrow 
  ; 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   central 
  yellow 
  mark 
  is 
  a 
  yellow 
  mark 
  with 
  its 
  apical 
  half 
  

   broadened 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  ; 
  and 
  over 
  the 
  central 
  yellow 
  

   mark 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  curved 
  one 
  which 
  extends 
  beyond 
  its 
  

   sides, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  oblique 
  broad 
  lines, 
  narrowed 
  at 
  

   base 
  and 
  apex 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  above 
  the 
  antennae 
  are 
  

   two 
  yellow 
  marks 
  wider 
  than 
  long. 
  Thorax 
  black, 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  the 
  pronotum 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  line 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  in 
  

   the 
  centre 
  ; 
  the 
  tubercles, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  tegular 
  and 
  a 
  

   broad 
  slightly 
  curved 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  slightly 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   median 
  segment 
  coarsely 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  flat, 
  more 
  

   shining 
  in 
  front 
  laterally. 
  The 
  propleurae 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  

   shining, 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  longi- 
  

   tudinally- 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleura 
  and 
  sternum 
  with 
  

   large 
  distinctly 
  separated 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurje 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  rest 
  coarsely 
  shagreened. 
  

  

  