﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  53 
  

  

  Long. 
  18 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ceylon 
  ( 
  Yerbury). 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  punctured, 
  covered 
  with 
  stiff 
  

   white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  down. 
  Head 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  longish 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cheeks, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  pale 
  silvery 
  depressed 
  pubescence. 
  

   Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  strongly 
  and 
  deeply 
  punctured, 
  the 
  

   puncturing 
  more 
  rugose 
  below 
  the 
  antennae 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  leading 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  ocelli 
  is 
  a 
  smooth 
  

   keel. 
  Clypeus 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  apex 
  

   projecting 
  all 
  round, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  appears 
  

   hollowed 
  out 
  ; 
  above 
  it 
  the 
  hair 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  

   vertex. 
  Pronotum 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  

   with 
  some 
  stout 
  irregular 
  keels 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  smooth. 
  

   Mesonotum 
  strongly 
  and 
  deeply 
  punctured, 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  longish, 
  stiff, 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  furrows 
  are 
  

   wide 
  and 
  deep 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  is 
  a 
  smooth 
  shining 
  keel. 
  

   The 
  scutellum 
  is 
  raised, 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  

   is 
  obliquely 
  raised 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  is 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  very 
  shining 
  ; 
  this 
  central 
  part 
  becomes 
  gradually 
  

   and 
  slightly 
  wider 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  distinctly 
  

   projects 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  is 
  bare 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  fringed 
  with 
  

   long 
  black 
  hair. 
  The 
  post-scutellum 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope, 
  

   is 
  smooth 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  black 
  hair. 
  The 
  median 
  

   segment 
  bulges 
  out 
  roundly 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  strongly 
  

   reticulated 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  which 
  are 
  almost 
  smooth, 
  

   and 
  bordered 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  by 
  stout 
  longitudinal 
  keels 
  ; 
  

   the 
  central 
  area 
  is 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  

   division, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  to 
  its 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  fourth 
  

   is 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  rest, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  sides 
  oblique 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   is 
  rounded. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  

   the 
  calcaria 
  and 
  tarsal 
  spines 
  are 
  also 
  black. 
  Wings 
  

   uniformly 
  dark 
  violaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  

  

  