﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  13. 
  23 
  

  

  golden 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  space 
  where 
  the 
  hinder 
  ocellus 
  

   should 
  be, 
  shining, 
  smooth. 
  Clypeus 
  yellow, 
  the 
  apex 
  

   piceous; 
  its 
  centre 
  raised 
  and 
  projecting 
  into 
  a 
  stout 
  

   triangular 
  tooth 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  yellow, 
  piceous 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex. 
  Antennas 
  stout 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  joints 
  with 
  a 
  minute 
  

   silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  scape 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  

   ocellar 
  space 
  raised 
  and 
  surrounded, 
  except 
  in 
  front, 
  by 
  

   a 
  furrow, 
  and 
  a 
  wider 
  furrow 
  runs 
  down 
  the 
  vertex. 
  

   Thorax 
  alutaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   median 
  segment 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  apex 
  minutely 
  transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  fovea 
  is 
  

   wide 
  and 
  deep, 
  sharply 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  sides, 
  

   base, 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   golden 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  meso- 
  and 
  meta-pleurae 
  

   silvery. 
  Tegulae 
  and 
  a 
  curved 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   pronotum 
  yellow. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  nervures 
  and 
  

   costa 
  fuscous, 
  darker 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Legs 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  femora, 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  hinder 
  

   and 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  clear 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  hinder 
  

   tibiae 
  broadly 
  lined 
  with 
  black 
  behind 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  

   3 
  — 
  5 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  tarsi 
  infuscated. 
  Abdomen 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  sericeous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  and 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  ventral 
  segments 
  

   obscure 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  rufous. 
  ^ 
  

  

  PiSON 
  ORIENTALE, 
  Sp. 
  tlOV. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Comes 
  near 
  to 
  P. 
  striolatum, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  

   striolated 
  metapleurae. 
  Entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  more 
  

   closely 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  hair. 
  Front 
  rugosely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  behind 
  the 
  ocelli 
  the 
  punctures 
  much 
  finer 
  and 
  

   more 
  widely 
  separated. 
  Apex 
  of 
  clypeus 
  shining, 
  bare, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  small 
  rounded 
  

  

  