﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  ( 
  1 
  900), 
  No. 
  15 
  7 
  

  

  flagellum 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  joints 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  brownish 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  joints 
  

   are 
  almost 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  black, 
  the 
  antennal 
  region 
  and 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  The 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  are 
  

   coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured. 
  The 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  is 
  roundly 
  convex, 
  slightly 
  and 
  gradually 
  widened 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  depressed, 
  distinctly 
  mar- 
  

   gined 
  laterally, 
  and 
  marked 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   transverse 
  keel, 
  which 
  projects 
  roundly 
  backwards 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  there 
  being 
  also 
  a 
  raised 
  part 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  this 
  

   projection. 
  Mandibles 
  black, 
  piceous 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hairs 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  pale 
  fulvous. 
  Prothorax 
  rugosely 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  pleurae 
  ; 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   pleuras 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  

   behind, 
  the 
  puncturesrun 
  into 
  reticulations; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  

   coarsely 
  reticulated 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  

   the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  portion 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  with 
  long, 
  shallow, 
  irregular 
  punctures. 
  

   Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  

   and 
  spines 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   incision 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  is 
  also 
  rufous. 
  Wings 
  

   uniformly 
  brownish, 
  with 
  a 
  slight, 
  but 
  distinct, 
  violaceous 
  

   tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  are 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  

   cellules 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  are 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  below, 
  the 
  second 
  

   is 
  about 
  one-third 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  

   cellule 
  receives 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  

   second 
  recurrent 
  is 
  received 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   The 
  petiole 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  segment, 
  except 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex, 
  are 
  ferruginous, 
  closely 
  punctured 
  and 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  short, 
  scarcely 
  

   one-half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  segment, 
  broad, 
  

   narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  is 
  obliquely 
  

   raised 
  towards 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  the 
  slope 
  is 
  longer 
  

  

  