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exceeding the length of the femora, without distinct spines, but 

 supphed -vvith regular series of bristles on all the margins. Tarsi 

 with the terminal joint about equal to the others in length; 

 arolia absent. 



General color yellow of several tints, maculate on the limbs with 

 blackish. Head orange-yellow above, the vertex with a lateral bar 

 of black; eyes blackish, the postocular region with two parallel longi- 

 tudinal bars of the same tint; labrmu, clypeus and lower portion of the 

 genae suffused wdth rose-red; antennse with the two basal joints black- 

 ish, the remainder blackish annulate with yellowish- white. Pronotum 

 orange-yellow with the lateral lobes darker. Abdomen reddish, the 

 terminal appendages black. Anterior femora with two distinct trans- 

 verse black bars, one apical, the other median, the former is flanked 

 proximally by a bar of clear orange, forming a strong contrast to the 

 yellow basic tint, all overcast by a uniform speckling of small circular 

 black spots, a pattern which entirely covers the tibiae. Median limbs 

 identical with the anterior pair, except that the orange femoral bar 

 is paler. Posterior femora with the black maculations forming broad 

 annuli basally, spots apically, but wholly suffusing the genicular region; 

 tibise spotted, but basally exhibiting a tendency toward annuli. 



Measurements. 



Length of body, 3.7 mm. 



Length of posterior femora, 4 " 



Length of posterior tibise, 4.5 " 



