﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  55 
  

  

  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hair. 
  Propleurae 
  rugose 
  above 
  ; 
  

   below 
  are 
  some 
  stout 
  oblique 
  striations. 
  Mesopleurae 
  

   rugose, 
  the 
  punctures 
  running 
  into 
  reticulations 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  

   smooth 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  

   mesopleurae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Legs 
  

   thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  calcaria 
  and 
  spines 
  

   pale. 
  Wings 
  fusco-violaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  distinctly 
  hyaline; 
  

   the 
  first 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  very 
  slightly 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  

   shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  second 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  cellule. 
  Abdomen 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole, 
  except 
  at 
  its 
  apex, 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  

   two 
  segments 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  rufous 
  segments 
  are 
  fringed 
  

   with 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  base 
  with 
  

   long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  pale 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  two 
  ventral 
  segments 
  are 
  stoutly 
  keeled 
  

   laterally. 
  

  

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  Hab. 
  Barrackpore 
  {Rothney). 
  

  

  Agrees 
  in 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  wings 
  with 
  

   M. 
  phcenna 
  ; 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  

   cellule 
  not 
  being 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  at 
  the 
  

   top 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  central 
  area 
  being 
  abruptly 
  wider 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  

   not 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  striae 
  on 
  the 
  

   propleurae 
  being 
  more 
  widely 
  separated. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  hair. 
  

   Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  closely 
  and 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   front 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   silvery 
  pubescence. 
  Clypeus 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  and 
  

   glabrous. 
  Mandibles 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   silvery 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  tooth 
  large. 
  Palpi 
  dark 
  

   fuscous. 
  Pronotum 
  closely 
  rugosely 
  punctured. 
  Meso- 
  

  

  