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  Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15- 
  103 
  

  

  their 
  sides, 
  inside 
  and 
  out, 
  broadly 
  pale 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  

   joint 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  trochanters 
  yellow, 
  the 
  apical 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  femora 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  tibiae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  

   being 
  more 
  extended 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  tarsi 
  black. 
  Wings 
  hyaline; 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  areolet 
  small 
  ; 
  the 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  nervures 
  

   uniting 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  ; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  

   apical 
  third 
  ; 
  the 
  transverse 
  median 
  nervure 
  is 
  interstitial. 
  

   Abdomen 
  shining, 
  impunctate 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  

   broadly, 
  the 
  apex 
  more 
  narrowly, 
  and 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  all 
  

   the 
  other 
  segments, 
  yellow, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface, 
  

   except 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  petiole, 
  which 
  is 
  black. 
  

  

  TR 
  YPHONIDES. 
  

   Mesoleptus 
  ANNULIPES, 
  Sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  flavo-maculatus 
  ; 
  antennis 
  pedibusque 
  rufis, 
  

   coxis 
  trochanteribusque 
  anterioribus 
  flavis, 
  tibiis 
  tarsisqtie 
  

   posticis 
  fiisco-nigris, 
  basi 
  a/bis 
  ; 
  alts 
  hyalinis. 
  $. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  slender, 
  not 
  tapering 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  microscopic 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  and 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  fiagellum 
  blackish 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  is 
  

   nearly 
  twice 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  fourth. 
  Head 
  black, 
  

   shining; 
  the 
  face, 
  clypeus, 
  mandibles, 
  palpi, 
  and 
  inner 
  

   orbits 
  in 
  front 
  to 
  nearly 
  opposite 
  the 
  hinder 
  ocelli, 
  yellow 
  ; 
  

   the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  impunctate; 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  

   rather 
  strongly, 
  but 
  not 
  closely, 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  face 
  roundly 
  projecting 
  ; 
  the 
  mandibular 
  teeth 
  

   subequal, 
  black. 
  Thorax 
  black, 
  a 
  triangular 
  mark 
  on 
  

   either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  — 
  the 
  narrow 
  

   end 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side, 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  tegulse, 
  tubercles, 
  

   a 
  small 
  mark 
  immediately 
  under 
  the 
  hinder 
  wings, 
  

  

  