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luteous. Labrum luteous, obscurely clouded with fuscous. Mandibles 

 piceous. 



Maxillary palpi moderate, luteous ; first two joints short, subequal ; 

 third about the length of i plus 2 ; fourth somewhat shorter than third ; 

 apical joint as long as third, tip narrowed, truncate. 



Labial palpi about same length as maxillary ; first joint short, twice 

 as long as broad ; second joint three times longer, curved, apically 

 enlarged ; apical joint as long as second, fusiform, sparsely haired, tip 

 fine, truncate. 



Maxillary palpigers luteous, marked with fuscous. Labium and 

 mentum luteous. 



Antenuce strongly clavate, scarcely as long as thorax, moderately 

 hirsute, luteous, a fuscous spot on nearly all the joints ; club thickly 

 spotted with fuscous above ; two basal joints luteous, shining. 



Vertex elevated, luteous ; two transverse fuscous bands on elevated 

 portion, the posterior band very irregular. 



Pronotum longer than broad, strongly narrowed anteriorly, somewhat 

 rounded in front ; a broad longitudinal median fuscous band, interrupted 

 at the transverse furrow, but continued beyond it ; the band is more or 

 less divided lengthwise by a faint luteous line ; the portion behind the 

 furrow is anteriorly exteriorly excised ; an irregular, interrupted fuscous 

 line and some small spots each side. Beneath luteous, a fuscous streak 

 each side near carina. 



Mesonotum with lobes moderately elevated, with a number of long 

 curved black bristles and some smaller white hairs ; anterior lobe fuscous, 

 divided longitudinally by a fine luteous line, a round luteous spot each 

 side ; lateral lobes luteous, each with a C-shaped fuscous spot, opening 

 externally, and other irregular spots ; between the lateral lobes and going 

 back across the posterior lobe is a fuscous band, extending laterally in 

 front, forming a T-shaped marking. Sides and sterna luteous, spotted 

 with fuscous. 



Metathorax marked similarly to the mesothorax. 



Abdomen fuscous ; dorsum with the articulations and an irregular 

 spot in the middle of each segment luteous. Tip of abdomen with the 

 usual long hairs and short, coarse, black spines ; below, two small yellow 

 cylindrical appendages with long black hairs. 



