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oblique rows of seven or eight bristles each, extending from the base of the antennal 

 groove upwards and backwards. Farther back there is one bristle above the 

 antennal groove, and a snbapical row of long ones. The distance of the ventral 

 bristle of this row from the next bristle is about twice as long as the distance from 

 the second to the third. The back of the head is punctured. The first segment 

 of the maxillar}' palpus is a little stouter than the second, while this is as long 

 as the fourth and about twice the length of the third. The rostrum reaches beyond 

 the end of the coxa. The labial palpus consists of six segments, the fourth and 

 fifth segments appearing, however, to be completely fused. 



Thorax.— The pronotum bears two rows of bristles and a comb of eighteen teeth. 

 The bristles of the posterior row of the thoracical and abdominal tergites are very 

 long, as is the case with that of the head. The mesouotum bears three rows of 

 bristles, besides a basal row of fine hairs and two abbreviated and irregular ante- 

 median rows. Dorsally before the apex on each side there are two long slender 

 spines. The metanotum bears three rows of bristles, besides some additional liairs 

 on the back. The epimerum of the metathorax bears about fourteen bristles. 



Abdomen. — All abdominal tergites bear three rows of bristles and some hairs in 

 addition, the latter being especially numerous on the first tergite. Tlie rows of the 

 seventh tergite are all abbreviated. The second tergite bears on each side two short 

 apical spines, and the third and fourth one. The seventh tergite bears two moderately 

 long bristles on a double cone on each side, the lower one being the longer. The 

 stigma is small and pointed behind. The first sternite bears one ventral apical 

 bristle. The following three bear a ventral patch of hairs, of which the last two 

 or three are prolonged. The hairs of the sixth sternite are more numerous, there 

 being about twenty-five on each side. Those of the seventh are about eighteen in 

 number, of which the posterior ones, although prolonged, are shorter than the 

 respective bristles of the sixth segment. 



Legs. — The mid- and hindcoxae are hairy on the onterside at and near the ventral 

 edge from near the base to near the apex. The hindcoxa bears, moreover, a patch of 

 small hairs situated on the innerside near the apex, these hairs pointing forward. There 

 are two long bristles posteriorly at the apex of the mid- and hindcoxae, followed by 

 one small hair. The anterior femur bears two rows of hairs on the outer surface, 

 and two additional ones ventrally before the apex. On the hindfemnr there are 

 two subajiical ventral bristles on the onterside, preceded by one or two small hairs, 

 while there is only one small bristle ventrally near the apex on the innerside. The 

 outer surfaces of the tibiae are hairy, there being on the hindtibia three rows of 

 hairs besides a number of additional hairs standing near and at the ventral edge. 

 The longest apical dorsal bristle is shorter than the first hindtarsal segment, 

 while the corresponding bristle of the midtibia is longer than the first midtarsal 

 segment. The fourth hindtarsal segment is more than twice as long as it is broad. 

 The fifth segment bears four bristles on each side, besides a snbapical hair and two 

 short ventral apical bristles standing widely apart. The second segment of the 

 foretarsus is one-third hinger than the first. The measurements of the tarsi are 

 as follows : — 



