﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  25 
  

  

  is 
  entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  similar 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segments 
  

   are 
  covered 
  with 
  stiff 
  black 
  hair. 
  Wings 
  fuscous 
  with 
  a 
  

   distinct 
  violaceous 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  nervures 
  distinctly 
  

   fuscous. 
  

  

  

  I 
  here 
  describe 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  mostly 
  of 
  small 
  

   size 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  females 
  only 
  are 
  known. 
  The 
  Ceylonese 
  

   species 
  form 
  a 
  well-marked 
  group 
  of 
  small 
  size, 
  remarkable 
  

   for 
  having 
  the 
  top, 
  or 
  sides, 
  or 
  both 
  top 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  metathorax 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  spined. 
  The 
  species 
  

   may 
  be 
  grouped 
  as 
  undernoted. 
  

  

  A. 
  Metathorax 
  not 
  spined. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  with 
  large 
  orange 
  spots 
  and 
  bands, 
  amitina. 
  

   „ 
  „ 
  fulvous 
  marks 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  spined. 
  

  

  consolidata\ 
  

  

  „ 
  „ 
  white 
  marks 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  not 
  spined. 
  

  

  „ 
  „ 
  four 
  white 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  

  

  abdominal 
  segment. 
  redacta. 
  

  

  „ 
  ,, 
  two 
  white 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  

  

  segment. 
  compactilis. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  entirely 
  red. 
  agelia, 
  methila, 
  dryta, 
  martialis. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  red 
  above, 
  the 
  pleurae 
  marked 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

  

  with 
  black. 
  violenta, 
  pamphia, 
  Diarcia, 
  gnoma, 
  

  

  emancipata, 
  tirJiootensis. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  with 
  one 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  abdominal 
  

  

  segment. 
  pJiaola, 
  edolata, 
  partJienia. 
  

  

  B. 
  The 
  metathorax 
  spined 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  rufous. 
  

   Abdomen 
  with 
  three 
  marks 
  on 
  apex 
  of 
  second 
  

  

  segment. 
  consolidata. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  with 
  one 
  mark 
  on 
  apex 
  of 
  second 
  segment. 
  

   persuasa, 
  recondita, 
  aspera, 
  Jiesitata, 
  indocila, 
  

   lethargia. 
  

  

  