﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  (1899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  151 
  

  

  base 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  tarsi 
  dark 
  

   fuscous. 
  The 
  basal 
  depression 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  smooth; 
  its 
  

   sides 
  and 
  apex 
  strongly 
  punctured; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  

   are 
  also 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  except 
  the 
  apical, 
  which 
  have 
  

   the 
  punctuation 
  much 
  weaker; 
  on 
  the 
  petiole 
  the 
  black 
  

   line 
  is 
  continuous 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  2nd-5th 
  segments 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  

   longer 
  central, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  lateral 
  black 
  mark; 
  on 
  the 
  

   6th 
  and 
  7th 
  there 
  is 
  only 
  a 
  central 
  line 
  ; 
  the 
  cerci 
  are 
  

   black 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  longish 
  pale 
  hair. 
  The 
  sheaths 
  of 
  

   the 
  ovipositor 
  are 
  black 
  and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fuscous 
  

   hair. 
  

  

  B. 
  Black, 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  legs 
  yellow. 
  

  

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  TINCTIPENNIS, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

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  ; 
  pedibus 
  postcrioribus 
  rufo-flavis 
  ; 
  alls 
  fere 
  

   hyalinis, 
  stigmate 
  fnsco 
  ; 
  antennis 
  fuscis. 
  $. 
  

  

  Long. 
  19 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  deep 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  bare 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  

   on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  fuscous 
  

   hair, 
  and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured. 
  Head 
  deep 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  fuscous 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  strongly 
  and 
  uniformly 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  orbits 
  sharply 
  

   margined, 
  depressed. 
  Clypeus 
  smooth, 
  the 
  apex 
  testa- 
  

   ceous 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  semicircular 
  depression. 
  

   Mandibles 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  testaceous. 
  Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  

   smooth, 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  fuscous 
  hair. 
  

   The 
  pro- 
  and 
  meso-thorax 
  shining, 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment 
  strongly 
  uniformly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   running 
  into 
  reticulations 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  above 
  

   with 
  a 
  semicircular 
  smooth 
  space. 
  Scutellum 
  with 
  shallow, 
  

   widely 
  separated 
  punctures 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  

   fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  postscutellum 
  minutely 
  punctured, 
  

  

  