﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898;, 
  No. 
  11. 
  

  

  jj 
  

  

  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  segments 
  are 
  finely 
  transversely 
  aciculated 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope 
  and 
  is 
  widely 
  hollowed 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Mesopleurae 
  shining, 
  minutely 
  punctured, 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  silvery 
  pubescence; 
  the 
  oblique 
  

   furrow 
  shallow, 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  metapleurae 
  shining, 
  almost 
  glabrous, 
  the 
  basal 
  portion 
  

   hollowed 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  oblique, 
  not 
  very 
  clearly 
  defined, 
  

   keel 
  over 
  the 
  hinder 
  coxs, 
  above 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  fine 
  

   transverse 
  striations. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  coxae 
  and 
  of 
  

   their 
  trochanters, 
  the 
  apex 
  .of 
  the 
  fore 
  femora, 
  and 
  the 
  four 
  

   front 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi, 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  broadly 
  lined 
  with 
  

   black 
  behind 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  black, 
  broadly 
  yellow 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  ; 
  their 
  spines 
  longish, 
  pale 
  ; 
  their 
  calcaria 
  large, 
  

   the 
  inner 
  one 
  being, 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  base, 
  finely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  

   the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  marked 
  with 
  yellow. 
  

  

  C. 
  ardens 
  also 
  differs 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  being 
  finely 
  longitudinally 
  striated, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  

   " 
  a 
  medial 
  vertically 
  impressed 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   ocellus 
  to 
  between 
  the 
  antennae," 
  while 
  the 
  legs 
  and 
  

   antennae 
  are 
  devoid 
  of 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Head 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  front, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   hidden 
  by 
  dense 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  with 
  a 
  dense 
  

   microscopic 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  over 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  bare, 
  glabrous, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  narrow 
  edging 
  of 
  silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   yellow, 
  their 
  apices 
  rufo-piceous 
  ; 
  palpi 
  yellow. 
  Prothorax 
  

   shining, 
  neither 
  punctured 
  nor 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  minute 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  

   with 
  shallow 
  minute 
  punctures 
  ; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  

   microscopic 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  if 
  anything, 
  more 
  

   strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  a 
  broad, 
  irregular, 
  yellow, 
  transverse 
  

   mark 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  post-scutellum 
  broad 
  at 
  base, 
  

   narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

  

  