726 Mr. Rowland E. Turner on new 



12. Second recurrent nervure inter- 



stitial with the second transverse 



cubital nervure M. basutorum, Turn. 



Second recurrent nervure received 



by the third cubital cell ... 13. 



13. Basal abdominal segment tubercu- 



late at the apex beneath ; apical 

 abdominal segment red except at 



the base M. ccqncola, Turn. 



Basal abdominal segment not tuber- 

 culate beneath ; apical segment 

 black, sometimes marked with 

 yellow 14. 



14. Apical segment wholly black ; ab- 



dominal bands interrupted later- 

 ally M. interrupta, Cam. 



Apical segment with a yellow spot 

 on each side ; abdominal bands 

 emarginate laterally 15. 



15. Pronotum shallowly emarginate an- 



teriorly ; emargination of the 

 apical dorsal segment broader at 



the apex than deep 31. ahdominaUs, Guer. 



(= M. contimui, Cam.). 

 Anterior margin of pronotum 

 straight ; emargination of the 

 apical dorsal segment as deep as 

 the apical breadth M. rvjifwns, Fabr. 



16. The apical processes of the seventh 



dorsal segment broadly truncate 



at the apex M. semintfa, Gerst. 



The apical processes not truncate . 17. 



17. Pronotum as long as the meso- 



notum, distinctly narrowed an- 

 teriorly M. jxilitissima, Turn. 



Pronotum much shorter than the 

 mesonotum, not distinctly nar- 

 rowed anteriorly 18. 



18. Abdomen very closely and finely 



punctured, subopaque and strongly 



pubescent, with slight blue gloss. M. meruensis, Cam. 

 Abdomen rather sparsely and less 

 finely punctured, without blue 

 gloss M. imjjehwsus, Turn. 



