﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  (1899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  35 
  

  

  tarsi 
  are 
  lined 
  behind 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   femora 
  above, 
  and 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi, 
  entirely- 
  

   black. 
  The 
  dorsum 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  has 
  a 
  distinct 
  bluish 
  

   tinge. 
  

  

  It 
  comes 
  near 
  to 
  P. 
  albocincta 
  Cam., 
  from 
  the 
  

   Himalayas 
  ( 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc, 
  1881, 
  p. 
  565), 
  but 
  that 
  is 
  

  

  distinct. 
  

  

  Beldonea, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Wings 
  with 
  two 
  radial 
  and 
  four 
  cubital 
  cellules 
  ; 
  the 
  

   basal 
  nervure 
  received 
  distinctly 
  before 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   cubital 
  Lanceolate 
  cellule 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  unequal 
  

   parts 
  through 
  the 
  humeral 
  nervure 
  touching 
  the 
  brachial 
  

   nervure. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  with 
  two 
  cubital 
  cellules 
  ; 
  the 
  acces- 
  

   sory 
  nervure 
  appendiculate. 
  Antennae 
  short, 
  thickened 
  

   before 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  is 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   fourth. 
  Eyes 
  large, 
  parallel, 
  reaching 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  mandibles. 
  Clypeus 
  transverse, 
  or 
  nearly 
  so 
  ; 
  the 
  

   labrum 
  large, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Mandibles 
  large, 
  

   acutely 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  when 
  closed 
  their 
  apices 
  

   reach 
  to 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus. 
  Legs 
  of 
  normal 
  size 
  ; 
  

   the 
  calcaria 
  short, 
  not 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  metatarsus, 
  which 
  is 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  

   all 
  the 
  other 
  joints 
  united. 
  The 
  claws 
  are 
  bifid 
  ; 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  calcaria 
  are 
  sharp, 
  simple. 
  Abdomen 
  short. 
  

  

  The 
  relationship 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  clearly 
  with 
  Siobla 
  

   and 
  Strongylogaster, 
  from 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  

   by 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  lanceolate 
  cellule 
  ; 
  in 
  Siobla 
  it 
  is 
  open, 
  

   not 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  parts 
  by 
  its 
  nervure 
  uniting 
  with 
  the 
  

   one 
  above, 
  there 
  being 
  further 
  no 
  oblique 
  cross 
  nervure, 
  

   the 
  same 
  remark 
  applying 
  to 
  Strongylogaster. 
  Comparing 
  

   it 
  with 
  the 
  typical 
  Strongylogaster, 
  e.g., 
  with 
  S. 
  cingulatus, 
  

   it 
  is 
  seen 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  abdomen 
  shorter 
  and 
  thicker, 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  more 
  thickened 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   third 
  joint 
  clearly 
  longer 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  fourth 
  ; 
  and 
  

  

  