﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  (1899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  181 
  

  

  part 
  of 
  the 
  propleurae 
  behind 
  strongly 
  longitudinally- 
  

   striated; 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  obscurely 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  

   with 
  longish, 
  soft, 
  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  coarsely 
  

   punctured, 
  more 
  closely 
  and 
  coarsely 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part. 
  

   All 
  the 
  coxae 
  are 
  black, 
  and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair; 
  the 
  trochanters 
  are 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair; 
  

   near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae 
  is 
  a 
  white 
  band, 
  which 
  extends 
  

   to 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  are 
  white. 
  

   Abdomen 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  closely 
  and 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  segments 
  with 
  the 
  puncturing 
  weaker, 
  and 
  

   densely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  pubescence. 
  The 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  cubital 
  nervures 
  nearly 
  unite 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  is 
  received 
  near 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  

  

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  pedibusque 
  flavis 
  ; 
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  rufis 
  ; 
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  a/is 
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  Long. 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Flagellum 
  of 
  antennae 
  black, 
  slightly 
  brownish 
  beneath 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  microscopic 
  pile; 
  the 
  

   scape 
  yellow, 
  black 
  above 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  narrow, 
  black 
  

   line 
  down 
  the 
  sides; 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  white 
  

   hair. 
  The 
  face, 
  clypeus, 
  palpi 
  and 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  except 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  bearing 
  large, 
  scattered 
  punc- 
  

   tures 
  and 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  short 
  fuscous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   front 
  and 
  vertex 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  the 
  frontal 
  depression 
  

   shallow. 
  Thorax 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  except 
  the 
  median 
  

   segment. 
  The 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  the 
  postscutellum 
  

   brownish; 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  apex, 
  covered 
  with 
  shallow, 
  widely 
  sepa- 
  

   rated 
  punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  smooth, 
  and 
  

   bordered 
  laterally 
  by 
  narrow, 
  slightly 
  diverging 
  keels. 
  

  

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