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? Thorax with an ante-median, very distinct lateral blunt pro- 

 jection narrowed from there to the declivity, where it is only half 

 as wide as the apex, which is slightly sloping on each side with the 

 angle sharp, sides of the declivity serrulate ; bands yellowish, the 

 one on the second segment dilated triangularly in the median part cassiopc. 



A 4 . ABDOMINAL SEGMENTS BANDED, SECOND SEGMENT WITH A 



MOKE OB LESS OVATE SPOT. 



a-. The three basal segments banded. 



Thorax long, subparallel, slightly bisinuate laterally, a little 

 broader at base than at apex ; abdomen subpedunculate, bands and 

 spot on the second segment orange-yellow, the spot elongate, median 

 and basal; tibiae spinose omplialc. 



Thorax long, nearly straight laterally ; abdomen subsessile, 

 oblong, second segment not ampliate, spot ovate, situated near the 

 base, bands and spot white ; tibiae without spines thyone. 



Thorax gradually attenuate from apex to base ; abdomen slightly 

 subpedunculate, spot on the second segment connected with the 

 band on the first segment ; tibiae spinose Icda. 



Thorax gradually anipliated laterally to about the median part 

 and gradually narrowed from there to the declivity, which has a 

 conspicuous median tubercle on the upper margin, spot elongate, 

 apical, bands on the second and third segments twice interrupted., anna. 



Thorax parallel, spot subbasal, basal segment not banded ; tibiae 

 spinose ceto. 



Thorax straight laterally but a little narrower at base than at 

 apex, first segment banded, spot elongato-ovate, nearly median ; 

 tibiee not spinose iris. 



Thorax gradually anipliated laterally from apex to base, slightly 

 emarginate in the centre, spot central ; tibiae not spinose mclpomene. 



Thorax parallel, second segment with an elongato-ovate median 

 patch and a lateral not dense patch on each side of it hccuba. 



a 1 . Basal segment with a patch instead of a band, third segment 

 only with an uninterrupted band. 



Thorax parallel, patch on the second segment round, median . . alcyone. 



A 3 . ABDOMEN WITH TWO MEDIAN SPOTS ON SECOND SEGMENT. 



a 3 . No band or spot on the first segment. 



b~. Head not broader than the thorax. 



c-. Without aiitemial tubercles. 



<P. Third abdominal segment banded, band not interrupted in the centre. 



? Thorax long and slender, sloping on each side at apex, attenu- 

 ated laterally from, apex to base, yellowish in the anterior part, 

 black in the posterior, the two spots on second segment set close to 

 one another, flavescent, band on third segment white circe. 



