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rotundato-retroprommulo, angulis posticis parum rotundatis, dis- 

 co nigerrimo, antice et utrinque anguste albido-marginato, opa- 

 co, lateribus pronoti antice sat late, utrinque latissime, postice 

 anguste pallidis, sordide hyalinis; mesonotum piceum, postice 

 sordide albo-marginatum, recle truncatum, metanotum utrin- 

 que ad angulum anticum flavo-cretaceum, punctis translucidis 

 conspersum, postice augustissime albo-marginatum , margine 

 postico ipso medio recto, utrinque retro-dc flexo, propterea angu- 

 lis posticis leviter retro-productis. 



Elytra lateralia, squamiformia, oblonga, sordide-albida, mar- 

 ginem posticum mesonoti baud superantia, margine aateriore 

 (externo) sursum reflexo, infuscato, latere postico (interno) angus- 

 te, latere anteriore (externo) late cretaceo marginato, opaco, inter 

 areas opacas pellucida, per mesonotum translucentem picea. 



Pedes nigro-picei,coxis et femoribus apice tarsisque toiis rufo- 

 testaceis, coxis posticis late albo-marginaiis, spinis rufo-testaceis 

 armati. 



Abdominissegmenta supra postice latius, utrinque anguste al- 

 bo-marginata, marginibus in angulis posticis segmentorum in ma- 

 culas albas, fusco-punctatas confluentibus; segmentum ultimum 

 macula mediana albescente, in lineas duas ad angulos posticos 

 segmenti directos excurrente ornatum, lamina supraanalis posti- 

 ce angusle sed valde distincte flavo-marginata; mat-go posticus 

 segmentorum 1-4 fere rectus, segmentorum 5-6 late-rotundato 

 emarginatus, segmentorum 7-8 latissime rotundato-marginatus, 

 segmenti 9 undulatus, medio retroprominulus, angulis posticis 

 retroproductis; lamina supraanalis transversa; cerci nigro-picei, 

 breviter albo-pilosi, articulo ultimo pallidiore, intus ac sursum 

 curvali. Abdomen subtus nigro piceum, segmentis singulis ad 

 augulos posticos tantum anguste pallide-limbatis; lamina subge- 

 nitalis ampla, fornicata, apice minutissime bimucronata. 



9 Fueminae H. abdelasizi similis, sed statura ininore et colo- 

 re pallidiore, subcretaceo. 



Caput castaneum, fronte ad labrum, geuis verticeque testa- 

 ceis, occipite pallide-caslaneo; palpi labiales testacei, apice tantum 

 castanei, palpi maxillares fulvo-testacei, articulo ultimo snbtus 

 basi inflato, ad apicem parum augustato, obtuso, macula-fubro- 

 testacea supera et basali excepta toto castaneo; pseudocelli rnedio- 

 cres, concolores, ocelli pallide-flavi, irregulariter circumscripti; 

 antennae fulvo- teslaceae, breviter-pilosae, segmentis basalibus, 



