﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  ( 
  1 
  899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  4 
  1 
  

  

  finely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  Scutellum 
  

   coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured. 
  Mesopleurae 
  opaque, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  short, 
  white 
  hair, 
  obscurely 
  rugose 
  above. 
  

   Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  three 
  segments 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   above, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  

   entirely, 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  narrowly 
  white 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  the 
  apical 
  broadly 
  so. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  pale 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  almost 
  entirely, 
  

   and 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  four, 
  white. 
  Wings 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  

   the 
  costa 
  and 
  stigma 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  radial 
  cellule, 
  the 
  

   upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cubital 
  cellules, 
  except 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   first, 
  smoky 
  ; 
  the 
  transverse 
  basal 
  nervure 
  interstitial. 
  

  

  Emphytus 
  maculiventris, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger; 
  tibiis 
  anticis 
  abdominequc 
  subtus 
  albis 
  ; 
  a/is 
  

   hyalinis, 
  apice 
  fumatis. 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black, 
  the 
  middle 
  joints 
  thickened. 
  Face 
  

   closely 
  and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   smooth, 
  above 
  forming 
  a 
  semicircle, 
  its 
  edge 
  projecting 
  ; 
  

   the 
  labrum 
  large, 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  

   and 
  clypeus 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  hair. 
  The 
  middle 
  

   lobe 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  is 
  finely 
  rugose, 
  furrowed 
  down 
  

   the 
  middle, 
  and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  finely 
  punctured, 
  less 
  pilose 
  and 
  more 
  

   shining. 
  Scutellum 
  pyramidal, 
  brought 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  above 
  ; 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  part 
  

   behind 
  the 
  cenchri 
  obliquely 
  depressed 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  

   the 
  depression 
  carinate. 
  Propleurae 
  rugose, 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  the 
  mesopleurse, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  

   side, 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  large, 
  round, 
  and 
  

   distinctly 
  separated 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurse 
  smooth. 
  Legs 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair, 
  especially 
  thick 
  on 
  the 
  

   tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  ; 
  the 
  spurs 
  and 
  claws 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  

  

  