﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  11. 
  21 
  

  

  deep 
  punctures 
  ; 
  near 
  the 
  centre 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  distinct 
  row 
  

   and 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  punctures. 
  Post-scutellum 
  shining 
  and 
  

   slightly 
  punctured 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  strongly 
  acicu- 
  

   lated. 
  Median 
  segment 
  strongly 
  aciculated, 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  

   the 
  sides 
  closely 
  transversely 
  striated 
  ; 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  are 
  two 
  fiat, 
  irregular 
  keels. 
  Propleurae 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  closely 
  obliquely 
  striolated 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  

   top, 
  which 
  is 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  stoutly 
  obliquely 
  

   striolated 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  closely 
  and 
  finely 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   above. 
  The 
  coxae 
  and 
  femora 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair, 
  this 
  being 
  also 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  the 
  fore 
  

   tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  very 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  stiff, 
  white 
  hair; 
  their 
  calcaria 
  pale 
  fulvous; 
  the 
  tarsal 
  

   hairs 
  silvery, 
  their 
  spines 
  pale 
  fulvous. 
  Wings 
  violaceous, 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  pair 
  hyaline. 
  Abdomen 
  ferruginous, 
  

   the 
  two 
  apical 
  segments 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  apex 
  rather 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  

   with 
  shallow, 
  widely 
  separated 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  

   segments 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  fewer 
  in 
  number 
  and 
  more 
  

   widely 
  separated 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  

   except 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  dull 
  rufous 
  

   behind 
  ; 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  covered, 
  not 
  very 
  thickly, 
  with 
  

   long, 
  white 
  hair. 
  

  

  A 
  smaller 
  species 
  than 
  M. 
  violaceipennis, 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  

   closely 
  allied 
  ; 
  but 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  distinct, 
  differing 
  

   greatly 
  in 
  the 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  the 
  pronotum 
  in 
  

   M. 
  violaceipennis 
  being 
  very 
  coarsely 
  longitudinally 
  strio- 
  

   lated, 
  and 
  the 
  scutellum 
  very 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  while 
  

   in 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  those 
  parts 
  bear 
  only 
  scattered 
  

   punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  are 
  also 
  fewer, 
  and 
  

   neither 
  so 
  large 
  nor 
  so 
  deep. 
  

  

  Myzine 
  violaceipennis, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Long. 
  19-20 
  mm. 
  $. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Poona, 
  Bombay 
  ( 
  Wroughton), 
  

  

  