﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  13. 
  25 
  

  

  roundly 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Thorax 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  strongly 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  particularly 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  almost 
  without 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  shagreened, 
  the 
  centre 
  with 
  a 
  wide, 
  deep 
  

   furrow, 
  in 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  stout 
  transverse 
  keels 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  is 
  irregularly 
  and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  transversely 
  

   striated, 
  the 
  striations 
  coarser 
  above 
  than 
  below 
  ; 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  deep 
  furrow 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  Propleurse 
  coarsely 
  

   shagreened 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  and 
  

   without 
  a 
  furrow 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurse 
  

   more 
  shining 
  and 
  less 
  pilose 
  than 
  the 
  rest. 
  Wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  the 
  nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  pedicle 
  

   of 
  the 
  petiole 
  oblique, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  cellule 
  ; 
  the 
  recur- 
  

   rent 
  nervures 
  are 
  received 
  somewhat 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  cellule 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  

   nervures. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  hair 
  and 
  

   white 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  spurs 
  pale 
  testaceous 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

   Abdomen 
  thickly 
  haired, 
  and, 
  at 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  seg- 
  

   ments, 
  lined 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence. 
  

  

  PisoN 
  (Parapison) 
  crassicorne, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long. 
  5 
  mm. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  (Rothney). 
  

  

  Comes 
  near 
  to 
  P. 
  Rothneyi, 
  but 
  smaller, 
  the 
  furrow 
  on 
  

   the 
  median 
  segment 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  transversely 
  striolated. 
  

  

  Head: 
  the 
  vertex 
  and 
  front 
  shagreened, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   a 
  short 
  fuscous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  cheeks 
  and 
  clypeus 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   and 
  palpi 
  pale 
  testaceous. 
  Antennae 
  entirely 
  black, 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  thickened 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Thorax 
  shining, 
  the 
  

   pro- 
  and 
  meso-thorax 
  impunctate, 
  the 
  oblique 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   median 
  segment 
  transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  at 
  its 
  

   base 
  a 
  narrowish 
  furrow, 
  and 
  behind 
  the 
  striated 
  part. 
  

  

  