﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xlvii. 
  (1903), 
  No. 
  14. 
  39 
  

  

  testaceis 
  ; 
  femoribus 
  posticis 
  rufis 
  ; 
  tarsis 
  posticis 
  nigris, 
  late 
  

   albo 
  annulato 
  ; 
  alls 
  hyaliiiis, 
  stigmate 
  pallide 
  testaceo. 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  8 
  ; 
  terebra 
  2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  seventh 
  to 
  eleventh 
  joints 
  white, 
  

   except 
  above 
  ; 
  beyond 
  the 
  seventh 
  slightly, 
  but 
  perceptibly, 
  

   thickened 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  microscopic 
  pile; 
  obscurely 
  

   punctured. 
  Head 
  with 
  the 
  mandibles 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  

   palpi 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Head 
  opaque, 
  

   aciculated 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  silvery 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  shining, 
  sparsely 
  punctured. 
  

   Thorax 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  strongly 
  aciculated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   parapsidal 
  furrows 
  wide 
  and 
  distinct 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  and 
  post-scutellum 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  on 
  

   the 
  outerside 
  obliquely 
  striated. 
  Median 
  segment 
  finely 
  

   rugose 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  strongly 
  aciculated 
  ; 
  the 
  supramedian 
  

   area 
  is 
  three 
  times 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  

   of 
  equal 
  width 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  areas 
  are 
  distinct 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  

   transversely 
  striated. 
  The 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  propleurae 
  

   strongly 
  aciculated 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  longitudinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mesopleurae 
  strongly 
  aciculated, 
  the 
  middle 
  running 
  into 
  

   striations 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  coarsely 
  aciculated 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  

   part 
  behind 
  the 
  spiracles 
  strongly, 
  obliquely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   keel 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  stout, 
  curved 
  ; 
  the 
  

   part 
  immediately 
  above 
  it 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  short 
  keels. 
  The 
  four 
  

   anterior 
  legs 
  dark 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  coxae 
  and 
  trochanters 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  femora 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsi 
  testaceous, 
  

   darker 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  itself 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  

   tarsi 
  white, 
  except 
  the 
  basal 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  two 
  joints, 
  

   which 
  are 
  deep 
  black. 
  Wings 
  clear 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  stigma 
  

   pale 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  nervures 
  pale 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  areolet 
  

   square 
  ; 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures 
  received 
  almost 
  in 
  its 
  

   centre. 
  Abdomen 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  

   segment 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  penultimate 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  