﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlvii. 
  (1903), 
  No. 
  14. 
  27 
  

  

  and 
  narrowly 
  above 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  keel 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  

   slightly 
  depressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  narrow 
  but 
  

   distinct 
  keel. 
  Mandibles 
  black, 
  their 
  base 
  testaceous 
  

   above 
  and 
  below. 
  Thorax 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  narrow 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  

   pronotum, 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  propleurae, 
  a 
  mark, 
  

   narrowed 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  apex, 
  and 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  on 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  yellow. 
  Mesonotum 
  opaque, 
  

   but 
  not 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  transversely 
  

   striated 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  closely 
  distinctly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  its 
  

   basal 
  depression 
  wide 
  and 
  deep, 
  and 
  stoutly 
  longitudinally 
  

   striated 
  ; 
  the 
  space 
  at 
  its 
  sides 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   post-scutellum 
  coarsely 
  striated. 
  The 
  median 
  segment 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  behind 
  the 
  transverse 
  keel 
  opaque, 
  granular 
  ; 
  the 
  

   central 
  area 
  closely 
  and 
  finely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  

   segment 
  finely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  closely, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  

   distinctly, 
  obliquely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  keel 
  

   is 
  indistinct 
  ; 
  the 
  spines 
  are 
  about 
  three 
  times 
  longer 
  than 
  

   broad, 
  and 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Propleurae 
  covered 
  with 
  

   stout, 
  slightly 
  curved, 
  striations, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  

   bottom. 
  Mesopleurse 
  closely 
  rugosely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  running 
  into 
  reticulations 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  

   metapleurae 
  closely 
  obliquely 
  striated, 
  the 
  striae 
  stronger 
  

   and 
  more 
  distinct 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Mesosternum 
  strongly 
  

   aciculated 
  ; 
  the 
  central 
  furrow 
  widely, 
  triangularly 
  enlarged 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  furrow 
  curved, 
  deep 
  and 
  striated 
  

   at 
  the 
  base; 
  its 
  apical 
  part 
  shallow, 
  indistinct 
  except 
  at 
  

   the 
  end. 
  Legs 
  dark 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  coxoe 
  and 
  trochanters 
  

   black, 
  except 
  the 
  anterior 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  tarsi 
  

   spinose, 
  yellowish-white 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  

   metatarsus 
  black. 
  Areolet 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  of 
  

   equal 
  width 
  throughout 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  transverse 
  cubital 
  

   nervure 
  faint 
  ; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  is 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  The 
  middle 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  rufous 
  at 
  

   the 
  apices. 
  

  

  