﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlii. 
  (1898), 
  No. 
  11. 
  57 
  

  

  from 
  5. 
  nodicomis 
  Sm., 
  the 
  only 
  known 
  Indian 
  species 
  of 
  

   the 
  genus, 
  by 
  the 
  under-noted 
  characters: 
  — 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  rufous, 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  smoky 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  only 
  

   impunctate. 
  S. 
  twdicornis. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennas 
  black 
  ; 
  wings 
  not 
  smoky 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  impunctate. 
  

  

  6". 
  fulvipennis 
  and 
  S. 
  gracilis. 
  

  

  Black; 
  the 
  antennae, 
  except 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  apex, 
  the 
  

   femora, 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  tarsi 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  wings 
  hyaline, 
  

   the 
  stigmal 
  region 
  slightly 
  smoky; 
  the 
  stigma 
  testaceous, 
  

   the 
  nervures 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  darker 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  wings. 
  

  

  6* 
  . 
  The 
  scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  black, 
  bearing 
  long, 
  

   white 
  hair; 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  infuscated; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  

   almost 
  bare, 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  terminal 
  joint 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  fourth 
  joint 
  is 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third. 
  Head 
  

   black, 
  the 
  front, 
  cheeks, 
  and 
  clypeus 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   pale 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  very 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   vertex 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  ocelli 
  with 
  large, 
  clearly 
  separated 
  

   punctures; 
  the 
  part 
  behind 
  the 
  ocelli 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  

   the 
  punctures 
  slightly 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  distinctly 
  separated 
  

   than 
  those 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  ocelli, 
  and 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  

   those 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  The 
  pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  short, 
  fulvous 
  pubescence, 
  this 
  being 
  also 
  the 
  

   case 
  with 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  post-scutellum 
  ; 
  the 
  

   latter 
  is 
  minutely 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured. 
  Median 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  shining, 
  almost 
  bare 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  impunctate, 
  the 
  rest 
  

   with 
  moderately 
  large, 
  distinctly 
  separated 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  

   apex 
  with 
  an 
  indistinct, 
  shallow 
  furrow 
  down 
  the 
  centre. 
  

   Propleurae 
  impunctate, 
  slightly 
  shagreened; 
  bare; 
  meso- 
  

   pleurae 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  

   pale 
  hair; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  

   fulvous 
  hair 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured. 
  Legs 
  fulvous; 
  the 
  

   coxae, 
  trochanters, 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  four 
  anterior 
  femora 
  black; 
  

  

  