﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  73 
  

  

  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  keel 
  dilated, 
  and 
  with 
  an 
  

   elongated 
  fovea 
  in 
  the 
  middle; 
  this 
  part 
  is 
  smooth, 
  shining 
  

   and 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibles 
  are 
  rufous 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  fringed 
  

   with 
  long 
  golden 
  hair 
  ; 
  they 
  have 
  one 
  large 
  tooth. 
  Palpi 
  

   fuscous. 
  Antennae 
  stout 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  is 
  slightly 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Pronotum, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  rugosely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  pleurae 
  slightly 
  hollowed, 
  and 
  indistinctly 
  

   marked 
  with 
  some 
  stout 
  striations. 
  Mesopleurse 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  and 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair. 
  Metapleurae 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  smooth, 
  its 
  lower 
  side 
  

   indistinctly 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  large 
  reticulations. 
  

   Mesonotum 
  shining, 
  bearing 
  all 
  over 
  large, 
  deep 
  punctures 
  

   and 
  covered 
  with 
  moderately 
  long 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  

   two 
  furrows. 
  Scutellum 
  coarsely 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   roundly 
  raised 
  ; 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  hairs, 
  which 
  are 
  fuscous 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  longer 
  and 
  paler 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  

   of 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  is 
  a 
  flat, 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  cone-shaped 
  

   space. 
  Median 
  segment 
  reticulated 
  ; 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  also 
  with 
  a 
  depressed 
  

   silvery 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  area 
  is 
  large 
  and 
  reaches 
  to 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  its 
  apical 
  half 
  is 
  narrowed 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  

   basal 
  half 
  is 
  an 
  indistinct 
  longitudinal 
  keel 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  segment 
  is 
  oblique. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  spurs 
  and 
  spines 
  white. 
  Wings 
  fuscous, 
  slightly 
  

   violaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  

   cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third, 
  

   especially 
  beneath 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  third, 
  the 
  second 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   apical 
  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  cellule 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  

   nervure 
  is 
  sharply 
  angled 
  shortly 
  above 
  the 
  middle. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  the 
  

   apical 
  two 
  segments, 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  petiole 
  is 
  strongly, 
  but 
  not 
  

   closely, 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  segments 
  are 
  fringed 
  with 
  

  

  