﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  2J 
  

  

  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Head 
  black, 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   front, 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  oral 
  region 
  dark 
  testaceous* 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  vertex 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  rufous 
  mark 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  sharply 
  

   longitudinally 
  striated, 
  the 
  striae 
  are 
  sharp 
  and 
  clearly 
  

   separated 
  and 
  they 
  extend 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  front, 
  which 
  

   is 
  distinctly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  are 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  longish 
  black 
  hair. 
  Face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  smooth, 
  

   laterally 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  blunt 
  tooth. 
  Mandibles 
  rufous 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair. 
  

   The 
  head 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  and 
  is 
  largely 
  

   developed 
  behind 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Thorax 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  

   not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  above 
  rufous, 
  

   except 
  round 
  the 
  edges 
  ; 
  closely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  its 
  

   sides 
  irregularly 
  marked 
  with 
  six 
  short 
  teeth, 
  the 
  first 
  

   being 
  placed 
  shortly 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  

   of 
  the 
  median 
  segment, 
  near 
  the 
  top, 
  is 
  a 
  sharp 
  curved 
  

   tooth, 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  bottom, 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  top. 
  

   Pleurae 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  Legs 
  dark 
  piceous, 
  shining, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  spines 
  dark 
  ; 
  the 
  

   calcaria 
  pale. 
  The 
  basal 
  two 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   together 
  are 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  black 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  

   of 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  a 
  mark 
  of 
  white 
  pubescence, 
  almost 
  round 
  

   in 
  shape 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  larger 
  round 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  second 
  segment 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  a 
  mark 
  of 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  

   that 
  on 
  the 
  petiole 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  it 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  

   are 
  also 
  marked 
  with 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  last 
  

   segment 
  is 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  and 
  piceous 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  

   punctured 
  laterally. 
  

  

  Belongs 
  to 
  Bingham's 
  "Section 
  B." 
  It 
  is 
  closely 
  

   related 
  to 
  M. 
  rothneyi, 
  but 
  is 
  3 
  mm. 
  smaller 
  ; 
  its 
  thorax 
  is 
  

   shorter 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  head 
  or 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  

   only 
  three 
  longish 
  teeth 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment, 
  

   while 
  in 
  M. 
  rothneyi 
  there 
  are 
  spines 
  all 
  over. 
  

  

  