﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  79 
  

  

  contracted 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Metathorax 
  densely 
  pruinose 
  ; 
  

   it 
  has 
  a 
  gradually 
  rounded 
  slope 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  

   shallow 
  furrow 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  this 
  furrow 
  being 
  wider 
  on 
  

   the 
  apical 
  slope. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  smoky 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  radial 
  cellule 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  has 
  an 
  

   oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  has 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  straight, 
  oblique, 
  

   and 
  has 
  a 
  slightly 
  different 
  slope 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  third 
  

   transverse 
  cubital 
  nervures 
  have 
  a 
  gradually, 
  distinctly 
  

   rounded 
  curve; 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  straight 
  and 
  is 
  oblique; 
  

   the 
  second 
  cubital 
  cellule 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  ; 
  both 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  are 
  

   received 
  shortly 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  has 
  a 
  

   rounded 
  curve; 
  the 
  first 
  is 
  oblique, 
  straight. 
  Legs 
  pruinose; 
  

   the 
  calcaria 
  dark 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  spines 
  black. 
  Abdomen 
  

   with 
  pruinose 
  bands 
  ; 
  subsessile. 
  

  

  In 
  Bingham's 
  table 
  on 
  p. 
  148 
  this 
  species 
  comes 
  into 
  

   " 
  b 
  4, 
  " 
  near 
  P. 
  snbsericeus, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  larger 
  species 
  (10 
  mm.), 
  

   and 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  apical 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  

   radius 
  having 
  only 
  one 
  curve 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  

   cellule 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  being 
  longer 
  compared 
  to 
  the 
  first. 
  The 
  

   tibial 
  spines 
  are 
  few 
  in 
  number 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  pair 
  have 
  only 
  

   two. 
  I 
  can 
  discover 
  no 
  tooth 
  on 
  the 
  claws. 
  

  

  CRABRONIDyE. 
  

   Trypoxylon 
  PYGMAEUM, 
  Sp. 
  HOV. 
  

  

  Nigrum, 
  flagello 
  aniennarum 
  subtus 
  brunneo, 
  tarsis, 
  

   tibiis 
  anterioribus 
  basique 
  femorum 
  posticorum 
  rufo-testaceis 
  ; 
  

   a/is 
  hyalinis, 
  stigmate 
  nervisque 
  fuscis. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long, 
  fere 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Taken 
  at 
  Barrackpore 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Rothney. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  stout, 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Front 
  and 
  

   vertex 
  aciculated, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  silvery 
  pile 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  

   more 
  strongly 
  aciculated 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  

  