﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  11. 
  15 
  

  

  segment, 
  in 
  the 
  densely 
  pilose 
  head, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  not 
  being 
  so 
  sharply 
  oblique. 
  

  

  Head 
  nearly 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  rugosely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  rather 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  longish, 
  silvery 
  and 
  

   more 
  sparsely 
  with 
  longer, 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  antennal 
  

   tubercles 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  above, 
  rufous 
  ; 
  

   rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  behind, 
  it 
  being 
  there 
  nearly 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long, 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  close, 
  white 
  

   down 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  is 
  a 
  little, 
  but 
  still 
  distinctly, 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Thorax 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head; 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  meso- 
  and 
  meta-notum 
  red, 
  except 
  the 
  base 
  

   and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  former; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  

   punctured, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  depressed, 
  golden 
  

   hairs; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  rounded 
  slope, 
  almost 
  

   oblique 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  black; 
  coarsely 
  

   reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  coarsely 
  tuberculated, 
  the 
  tubercles 
  

   largest 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  above 
  

   almost 
  straight, 
  rough 
  ; 
  the 
  eyes 
  bearing 
  very 
  long, 
  blackish 
  

   hairs. 
  The 
  pleurae 
  above 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining; 
  their 
  lower 
  part 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long, 
  silvery 
  hair. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  silvery 
  

   hair; 
  the 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibise 
  long, 
  sharp. 
  Abdomen 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  united; 
  deep, 
  velvety 
  

   black; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  spot 
  of 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  mark, 
  broader 
  

   than 
  long, 
  a 
  smaller 
  almost 
  square 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  and 
  the 
  

   whole 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  pubes- 
  

   cence 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  are 
  also 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  longish, 
  

   black 
  hair. 
  Pygidial 
  area 
  longitudinally 
  striolated, 
  rufous 
  

   in 
  the 
  centre. 
  Petiole 
  beneath 
  with 
  a 
  blunt, 
  slightly 
  curved 
  

   keel; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  somewhat 
  thickly 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  ventral 
  segments 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  

   silvery 
  hair. 
  

  

  