﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  15 
  

  

  pronotum 
  it 
  is 
  thicker, 
  more 
  depressed, 
  and 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  : 
  

   on 
  the 
  scutellum 
  longer 
  and 
  darker. 
  Mesonotum 
  deeply 
  

   and 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  two 
  furrows 
  on 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   half 
  are 
  wide 
  and 
  deep 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  indistinct 
  keel 
  on 
  the 
  

   middle 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Median 
  segment 
  coarsely 
  reticulated, 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  : 
  its 
  apex 
  

   has 
  a 
  gradually 
  rounded 
  slope 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  basal 
  area 
  is 
  

   about 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  width 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  its 
  sides 
  are 
  straight, 
  then 
  oblique 
  on 
  the 
  widened 
  

   part. 
  Propleurae, 
  except 
  above, 
  smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  

   raised 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  bearing 
  shallow 
  punctures 
  

   and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  : 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  metapleurae 
  reticulated. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   long 
  pale 
  hair: 
  the 
  calcaria 
  white. 
  Wings 
  violaceous; 
  

   the 
  nervures 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  

   almost 
  double 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  is 
  received 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  third. 
  

   Abdomen 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  basal 
  two 
  segments 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   pygidial 
  area 
  is 
  depressed, 
  with 
  a 
  distinctly 
  raised 
  border. 
  

   The 
  keel 
  on 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  straight, 
  

   not 
  dilated 
  at 
  base 
  or 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  epipygium 
  is 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  and 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hairs. 
  Tegulae 
  smooth, 
  

   large, 
  black 
  with 
  a 
  plumbeous 
  hue 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  inner 
  

   side 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Comes 
  near 
  to 
  M. 
  honorata 
  here 
  described 
  ; 
  but 
  that 
  

   has 
  the 
  third 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  red 
  and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  its 
  head 
  is 
  more 
  

   rugosely 
  punctured 
  and 
  more 
  distinctly 
  reticulated 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  the 
  abdominal 
  keel 
  is 
  dilated 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  and 
  apex. 
  

  

  