﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  11. 
  45 
  

  

  sparse, 
  white, 
  microscopic 
  pile. 
  Head 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  ocelli 
  

   in 
  large 
  deep 
  pits. 
  The 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  black, 
  

   except 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  red 
  ; 
  this 
  black 
  and 
  red 
  part 
  

   coarsely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  black 
  narrowed 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  and 
  not 
  keeled 
  laterally; 
  but 
  the 
  rest 
  is 
  bordered 
  

   by 
  distinct, 
  reddish, 
  straight 
  keels 
  which 
  converge 
  slightly 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  transverse 
  ; 
  its 
  sides, 
  except 
  at 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  yellow 
  ; 
  and 
  punctured 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side. 
  

   Mandibles 
  red, 
  yellow 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  yellow; 
  above 
  

   the 
  antennae 
  is 
  a 
  yellow 
  mark, 
  mitre-shaped, 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  

   is 
  roundly 
  produced 
  beneath. 
  Thorax 
  black 
  ; 
  two 
  large 
  

   marks 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  — 
  narrow 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   wide, 
  and 
  oblique 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  post-scutellum, 
  and 
  a 
  

   somewhat 
  pyriform 
  mark, 
  below 
  and 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  

   tegulae, 
  yellow. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  with 
  the 
  scutella 
  

   strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  in 
  

   the 
  centre 
  reticulated, 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  pubes- 
  

   cence, 
  especially 
  at 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  base, 
  where 
  it 
  almost 
  

   hides 
  the 
  surface. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-pleurae 
  strongly 
  

   punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  

   apparently 
  impunctate, 
  the 
  surface 
  hidden 
  by 
  silvery 
  pubes- 
  

   cence. 
  Tegulae 
  yellow, 
  reddish 
  in 
  middle. 
  Wings 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  

   the 
  nervures 
  and 
  costa 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  narrowed, 
  being 
  there 
  

   not 
  much 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  space 
  bounded 
  by 
  the 
  first 
  

   transverse 
  cubital 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervures. 
  Legs 
  

   red, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  outside, 
  this 
  being 
  also, 
  to 
  a 
  

   less 
  extent, 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  the 
  tarsi 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Petiole 
  

   red 
  ; 
  yellow 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  above 
  ; 
  shining, 
  punctured 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  obscurely 
  punctured 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  more 
  strongly 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  an 
  oval, 
  

   irregular 
  spot 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  near 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  ; 
  its 
  

   apex 
  with 
  a 
  moderately 
  broad, 
  yellow 
  band, 
  slightly 
  

   dilated 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  3 
  — 
  5 
  segments 
  

  

  