﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  (1899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  49 
  

  

  verse 
  radial 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  shortly, 
  but 
  distinctly, 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cellule 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  is 
  received 
  almost 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   distinctly 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  Abdomen 
  

   shining, 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  the 
  sheath 
  of 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  short, 
  pale 
  hair 
  ; 
  its 
  lower 
  side 
  has 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   curve 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  MONOPHADNUS 
  DILUTIPENNIS, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Niger; 
  geniculis 
  tibiisque 
  late 
  flavis 
  ; 
  alls 
  fusco-hyalinis, 
  ' 
  

   stigmate 
  testaceo. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  short, 
  thick, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   united, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  black 
  pubescence. 
  

   Head 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  ocellar 
  

   area 
  somewhat 
  horseshoe 
  -shaped, 
  open 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  

   bounding 
  keels 
  broad, 
  distinct 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  raised, 
  and, 
  laterally, 
  

   is 
  bounded 
  by 
  a 
  deep 
  and 
  wide 
  furrow 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  with 
  a 
  

   short, 
  stout 
  keel 
  above 
  each 
  antenna 
  ; 
  the 
  space 
  between 
  

   them 
  depressed, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  aciculated 
  keel 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  Clypeus 
  shining, 
  its 
  apex 
  rounded 
  ; 
  covered, 
  but 
  

   not 
  very 
  closely, 
  with 
  minute 
  punctures, 
  and 
  thickly 
  with 
  

   longish, 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  labrum 
  is 
  brownish, 
  closely 
  

   punctured. 
  Thorax 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  black 
  hair. 
  The 
  metanotum 
  

   forms 
  a 
  semicircle, 
  and 
  is 
  widely 
  depressed 
  ; 
  the 
  cenchri 
  

   being 
  inside 
  the 
  depression. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  down 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  knees, 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  

   tibiae, 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  pair 
  and 
  the 
  hinder, 
  

   except 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  white. 
  The 
  stigma, 
  is 
  large 
  ; 
  it 
  and 
  

   the 
  costa 
  are 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  darker 
  

   tint 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   the 
  second 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  Abdomen 
  

   black 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  pubescent 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  