﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  (1899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  45 
  

  

  ters, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  coxae, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  pair 
  more 
  broadly, 
  especially 
  behind 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  the 
  hinder, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  are 
  bifid. 
  The 
  

   second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  is 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  

   first 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  is 
  almost 
  obliterated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  quite 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure, 
  

   in 
  one 
  example 
  almost 
  united 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  Selandria 
  CAERULEICEPS, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Caerulea, 
  ab 
  do 
  mine 
  nigro 
  ; 
  linea 
  pronoti, 
  coxis, 
  trochan- 
  

   teribus 
  basiqne 
  tibiarum 
  late 
  albis 
  ; 
  alls 
  hyalinis, 
  nervis 
  

   stigmateqne 
  nigris. 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  short, 
  distinctly 
  tapering 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  stiff 
  hair. 
  Front 
  and 
  

   vertex 
  shining, 
  smooth; 
  frontal 
  area 
  obsolete 
  ; 
  the 
  furrows 
  

   bordering 
  the 
  ocelli 
  distinct 
  but 
  shallow 
  ; 
  a 
  depression 
  

   before 
  the 
  anterior 
  ocellus 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  

   furrow 
  in 
  front. 
  Clypeus 
  strongly 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  

   bluish-coppery 
  in 
  tint 
  ; 
  the 
  labrum 
  white 
  ; 
  both 
  are 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  are 
  

   piceous 
  before 
  the 
  teeth 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  palpi 
  pale. 
  

   Thorax 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  

   pubescence. 
  Wings 
  almost 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  

   nervures 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervure 
  is 
  

   obliterated 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  is, 
  if 
  

   anything, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third, 
  and 
  receives 
  the 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  shortly 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  received 
  

   near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  cellule 
  ; 
  the 
  transverse 
  radial 
  nervure 
  

   is 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  cubital 
  cellule; 
  

   the 
  transverse 
  humeral 
  nervure 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle; 
  

   the 
  accessory 
  nervure 
  in 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  is 
  almost 
  inter- 
  

  

  