Manchester Memoirs, l'\>i. xltv. {\goo), Ah). 15. 2y 



towards the apex. Head black, tlic lower j^art of tlie 

 front, the face and oral reL;ion dark testaceous; the middle 

 of the vertex with a larije rufous mark ; it is sharpl)- 

 longitudinally striated, the stri;i.' are shar[) and clearly 

 separated and they extend to the top of the front, which 

 is distinctly punctured ; the front ar.d vertex are thickly 

 covered with longish black hair. Face and clypeus smooth, 

 laterally covered with long white hair ; on either side of 

 the clypeus is a short bhnt tooth. Mandibles rufous in 

 the middle, and sparsel}- covered with long white hair. 

 The head is of the width of the thorax, and is largely 

 developed behind the eyes. Thorax longer than broad, 

 not much longer than the head ; black ; above rufous, 

 except round the edges ; closely rugosely punctured ; its 

 sides irregularl)' marked with six short teeth, the first 

 being placed shortly before the middle ; in the centre 

 of the median segment, near the top, is a sharp curved 

 tooth, broad at the bottom, narrowed towards the top 

 rieurai smooth and shining. Legs dark piceous, shining, 

 covered with long white hair ; the spines dark ; the 

 calcaria pale. The basal two segments of the abdomen 

 together are longer than the thorax ; black ; on the apex 

 of the petiole is a mark of white pubescence, almost round 

 in shape ; there is a larger round mark on the middle of 

 the second segment at the apex, and a mark of the size of 

 that on the petiole on either side of it ; the other segments 

 are also marked with white in the middle. The last 

 segment is smooth, shining and piceous in the middle and 

 punctured laterally. 



Belongs to Bingham's "Section B." It is closely 

 related to M. rothneyi, but is 3 mm. smaller ; its thorax is 

 shorter compared with the head or abdomen, and there are 

 only three longish teeth on the sides of the median segment, 

 while in M. rothneyi there are spines all over. 



