﻿Mandiester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  11. 
  11 
  

  

  Agrees 
  with 
  M. 
  serratida 
  Cam. 
  and 
  M. 
  veda 
  Cam. 
  in 
  

   having 
  the 
  thorax 
  spined 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  with 
  golden 
  

   markings. 
  From 
  M. 
  serratida 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  by 
  its 
  

   head 
  being 
  red, 
  not 
  black, 
  by 
  having 
  only 
  a 
  golden 
  

   mark 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment, 
  not 
  a 
  

   complete 
  band, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  being 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  M. 
  veda 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  

   belt 
  of 
  golden 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   abdominal 
  segment, 
  by 
  the 
  much 
  less 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  

   metapleurae, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  apical 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  above 
  

   being 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  golden 
  pubescence. 
  

  

  Head, 
  if 
  anything, 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  dark 
  

   rufous, 
  slightly 
  infuscated 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  ; 
  strongly 
  and 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair; 
  

   the 
  space 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  the 
  oral 
  

   region 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair. 
  Mandibles 
  

   rufous, 
  their 
  apices 
  broadly 
  black. 
  Antennae 
  stout, 
  the 
  

   flagcllum 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  rufo-testaceous, 
  shining, 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  longish, 
  white 
  hair, 
  and 
  having 
  some 
  

   large 
  punctures. 
  Thorax 
  somewhat 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  

   head 
  and 
  about 
  double 
  its 
  length, 
  of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  length 
  

   throughout, 
  closely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  with 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope, 
  and 
  punctured 
  all 
  over, 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  distinctly 
  separated; 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  one 
  large 
  

   central 
  tooth 
  and 
  four 
  smaller 
  lateral 
  ones. 
  Pro-, 
  meso- 
  and 
  

   base 
  of 
  meta-pleurae 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   metapleurae 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  large 
  and 
  

   deep. 
  At 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  above 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  

   tooth 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  sloping 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  are 
  six 
  

   smaller 
  teeth 
  also 
  above. 
  Legs 
  stout, 
  rufo-testaceous, 
  the 
  

   spurs 
  paler; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale, 
  fuscous 
  hair; 
  

   on 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  are 
  four 
  long, 
  sharp 
  spines. 
  Abdomen 
  

   broad 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  closely 
  punctured; 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  segment 
  is 
  a 
  roundish 
  spot 
  of 
  golden 
  pubescence; 
  on 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  is 
  a 
  similar 
  mark, 
  

  

  