﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  93 
  

  

  DlSOPHRYS 
  (?) 
  OPHIPPIUM, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Nigra; 
  prothorace, 
  mesonoto, 
  scutello, 
  mesopleurisqne 
  

   supra 
  rufis 
  ; 
  alis 
  fumatis, 
  stigmate 
  nervisque 
  nigris 
  ; 
  pedibns 
  

   nigrzs, 
  tarsis 
  anterioribus 
  albis 
  ; 
  tibiis 
  a?iiecis 
  testaceis. 
  $. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black; 
  the 
  scape 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  

   flagellum 
  thickly 
  with 
  black 
  pubescence. 
  Head 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  theface 
  and 
  clypeus 
  thicklycovered 
  with 
  whitehair; 
  

   the 
  clypeal 
  foveas 
  deep 
  ; 
  the 
  depression 
  below 
  the 
  antennae 
  

   deep, 
  triangular 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  antennal 
  keels 
  stout, 
  laterally 
  

   oblique. 
  Mandibles 
  and 
  palpi 
  black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   white 
  hair. 
  Middle 
  lobe 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  finely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  a 
  distinct 
  keel 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  half; 
  

   the 
  furrows 
  are 
  obscurely 
  crenulated. 
  Scutellar 
  depression 
  

   deep, 
  smooth 
  ; 
  a 
  distinct, 
  sharp 
  keel 
  down 
  its 
  centre 
  ; 
  its 
  

   centre 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  raised 
  and 
  bluntly 
  keeled 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  

   and 
  apex 
  above 
  have 
  a 
  raised 
  margin. 
  The 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   median 
  segment 
  is 
  obliquely 
  depressed 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   segment 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope, 
  and 
  is 
  bordered 
  above 
  

   by 
  a 
  stout 
  keel 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  is 
  depressed, 
  the 
  sides 
  

   raised, 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  raised 
  part 
  narrowed 
  and 
  rounded 
  ; 
  

   the 
  oblique 
  apex 
  is 
  obliquely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  striae 
  converg- 
  

   ing 
  towards 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  propleurae 
  

   is 
  irregularly 
  obliquely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  black, 
  red 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  broadly 
  above 
  ; 
  below 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  white 
  hair; 
  the 
  apex 
  above 
  deeply 
  depressed; 
  behind 
  

   the 
  middle 
  is 
  an 
  oblique 
  row 
  of 
  stout, 
  irregular 
  striae. 
  

   Metapleurae 
  finely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  are 
  two 
  stout, 
  

   widely 
  separated 
  keels 
  ; 
  below 
  is 
  a 
  stout 
  angularly 
  curved 
  

   one; 
  the 
  apex 
  has 
  some 
  stout, 
  oblique 
  keels. 
  Mesosternum 
  

   closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  furrow 
  is 
  stoutly 
  crenulated. 
  

   Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  

   tibiae 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  pair 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  

   anterior 
  tarsi 
  white. 
  Abdomen 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  