﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  (1899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  159 
  

  

  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  closely 
  punctured; 
  the 
  apex 
  obliquely 
  depressed, 
  

   smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  impunctate, 
  smooth, 
  shining. 
  

   Thorax 
  luteous; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  from 
  shortly 
  before 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  tegular 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  black 
  ; 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  are 
  two 
  oblique 
  yellow 
  marks, 
  which 
  are 
  tri- 
  

   angular 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  the 
  

   black 
  is 
  slightly 
  and 
  roundly 
  dilated 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  Scutellum 
  

   pyramidal, 
  the 
  apex 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  leaf-like 
  expansions 
  

   on 
  the 
  sides 
  large, 
  thin. 
  The 
  keels 
  bordering 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  areae 
  stout; 
  the 
  areas 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  distinctly 
  depressed 
  ; 
  across 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  is 
  a 
  curved 
  keel, 
  which 
  is 
  united 
  at 
  

   the 
  sides 
  to 
  the 
  keels 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  areae. 
  Pleurse 
  very 
  

   smooth, 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  sternum 
  pu 
  nctured 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   mesosternum 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  leaf-like 
  expansion, 
  triangularly 
  

   narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  which, 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  is 
  slightly 
  

   and 
  roundly 
  incised. 
  The 
  middle 
  keel 
  on 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  

   well 
  defined. 
  Legs 
  stout 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsal 
  claws 
  and 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   knees 
  black. 
  Areolet 
  small 
  ; 
  the 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  

   nervures 
  united 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  almost 
  appendiculated. 
  On 
  

   the 
  petiole 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  transverse 
  mark, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  depression 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  is 
  a 
  fusco-black 
  

   mark 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  narrowed 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  curved 
  on 
  either 
  

   side 
  and 
  ending 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  in 
  a 
  sharp 
  point; 
  on 
  the 
  

   fourth 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  dot 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  fifth 
  is 
  

   a 
  similar 
  mark 
  to 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  third, 
  but 
  smaller 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  

   an 
  elongated 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  sixth 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  pen- 
  

   ultimate 
  is 
  a 
  large, 
  transverse 
  mark. 
  The 
  petiole 
  is 
  

   impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  broadly 
  depressed, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   depression 
  sharply 
  carinate 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   reaching 
  to 
  the 
  transverse 
  line 
  is 
  a 
  conical 
  depression 
  ; 
  the 
  

   other 
  segments 
  are 
  closely 
  and 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  transverse 
  depressions 
  longitudinally 
  striated. 
  

  

  