﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  ( 
  1 
  899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  7 
  

  

  rounded, 
  slightly 
  depressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long, 
  blackish 
  hairs. 
  Mandibles 
  rufous, 
  the 
  

   teeth 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  pale 
  fulvous-yellow. 
  Mesonotum 
  

   and 
  scutellum 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  more 
  

   strongly 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  covered, 
  but 
  not 
  thickly, 
  with 
  

   longish, 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  hair, 
  the 
  middle 
  lobe 
  is 
  deeply 
  and 
  

   widely 
  hollowed 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  furrow 
  is 
  

   deeper 
  and 
  more 
  clearly 
  defined 
  at 
  the 
  bottom 
  near 
  the 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  are 
  distinctly 
  separated 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  by 
  a 
  wide, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  deep, 
  furrow, 
  which 
  has, 
  at 
  

   its 
  base, 
  a 
  narrow, 
  longitudinal 
  keel 
  ; 
  the 
  depression 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  deep 
  and 
  smooth. 
  The 
  

   scutellum 
  is 
  more 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  thanthe 
  mesonotum. 
  

   The 
  coxae, 
  trochanters, 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  femora 
  

   dark 
  blue, 
  mixed 
  with 
  brassy 
  tints 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  

   trochanters 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  femora, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  

   and 
  the 
  tarsi 
  stramineous 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  ferrug- 
  

   inous 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  are 
  bifid. 
  Wings 
  fulvo-hyaline, 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   smoky 
  cloud 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  stigma, 
  darkest 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  

   Abdomen 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  more 
  strongly 
  and 
  closely 
  

   punctured 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  segments 
  ; 
  the 
  segments 
  distinctly 
  

   convex, 
  the 
  depressions 
  deep, 
  smooth, 
  the 
  basal 
  one 
  

   shagreened 
  ; 
  the 
  keel 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  segment 
  is 
  stout 
  and 
  

   distinct, 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  narrower 
  and 
  less 
  distinct, 
  especially 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Belongs 
  to 
  A 
  bia, 
  sensu 
  Str., 
  and 
  comes 
  near 
  to 
  A. 
  nit 
  ens 
  

   L., 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  antennae 
  are 
  black. 
  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  

   distinctly 
  7 
  -jointed, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  largely 
  convex, 
  distinctly 
  

   raised 
  above 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  sharply 
  bifid, 
  and 
  

   the 
  keels 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  

   clearly 
  defined 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsal 
  patellae 
  well 
  developed, 
  and 
  the 
  

   puncturing 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  deep 
  and 
  well 
  marked. 
  

  

  Species 
  of 
  A 
  bia 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  China 
  and 
  

   Japan, 
  but 
  none 
  hitherto 
  from 
  the 
  Oriental 
  Region 
  proper. 
  

  

  