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blackened, bioatlesl (a, 5 mm.) on the fore legs, uarrowest (i,5 mm.) 

 on Ibe liiiifl leg-s; tibiae brownisb yellow, tbe lips nanowly black; 

 taisi light brown. gradually passiiig into dark browu on ibe dislal seg- 

 ments. Wings Avilb a strong greyish yellow linge, ibe costal anJ sub- 

 costal cells brigbter yellow; sligma oval, pale brown. Venalion : 7îv 

 moderately elongated, about oiie-balf longer than the dodection of /i'z,+ 5; 

 cell M\ narrowly sessile. • 



Abdomen reddisb; a black subterminal ring, in tbe maie occupying 

 segment seven and most of segments six and eight; seventb and eiglitli 

 stemites largely black. Ilypopygiam moderately enlarged; ninlli tergilo 

 with a deep, rounded médian nolcb , the broad latéral lobes obliquely trun- 

 cated; pleural appendages light orange-yellow, the ouler pleural appon- 

 dage tapermg lo tbe subacule tip. Eigblh slernite wilb a |)rofond mé- 

 dian split, tbe oontignous margins wilb lonj;-. conspirnous liinges ol' 

 golden-vellow haiis ibal complotcly conceal llie emarginalion. 



The female is gonerally similar lo the malo; in oue spécimen tbe abdo- 

 minal teigiles two lo six each bave an < longale-oval, black , médian mark 

 Ihat does not atlain either the caudal or co])halic margin; sevenlh segment 

 enlirely black with the exception of the narrow, posterior margin; latéral 

 margins of the lergiles narronly brown: slernilcs gonerally similar lo the 

 lergites. 



Ilahltut. — • Madagascar. 



Ilolotype, c?, Imerina, Forêt d'Andrangoloaka, 1891 (A. (irandidiei;. 



AUotopolype, 9. 



Paialopolypes, 1 (5, 1 9. 



Type in Ihe Collection of ihe Paris Mus^'iini. 



