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Legs rather long, the anterior comparatively short ; anterior femora 

 mutic ; anterior spurs of the anterior tibia? and the anterior tarsi are 

 dissimilar in the sexes. 



Male. — Rather robust. Antennae reaching a little beyond the pro- 

 thoracic base. Abdomen slightly oblique, moderately convex and 

 somewhat broadly impressed on the first two segments. Anterior 

 spurs of the protibia^ about twice as long and slightly stouter than 

 the posterior, slender and acute. Anterior tarsi with the first joint 

 scarcely dilated, slightly compressed so that the vertical diameter is 

 slightly greater than the transverse; the first in the apical moiety and 

 the second densely clothed beneath with a flattened pad of more or 

 less spongy, golden pubescence. 



Female. — Quite robust. Antennae reaching just beyond the pro- 

 thoracic base. Abdomen rather strongly convex and horizontal. The 

 anterior spurs of the protibia^ about one-half longer than the pos- 

 terior, feebly thickened and subacute; anterior tarsi unmodified, the 

 first joint scarcely thickened at tip beneath, with groove narrow and 

 distinct. 



Measurements. — Males: Length, 13.2-17 mm.; width, 6-7.5 mm. 

 Females: Length, 11.8-18 mm.; width, 5.8-0 mm. 



Genital charaeters, male. — Edeagophore small and short oblong- 

 ovate, not arched. 



Basale scarcely twice as long as wide, oblong and not strongly con- 

 vex, sides feebly arcuate. 



Apicale triangular, about one-half longer than wide, the surface is 

 feebly convex, with a feebly developed membranous groove in apical 

 half; sides arcuate in basal third, thence to tip broadly and feebly 

 sinuate, apex acute; base subacutely lobed at middle and broadly 

 sinuate laterally. 



Sternite transversely trapezoidal. Each lobe with the external 

 border at base quite straight to feebly arcuate and thence slightly 

 converging apically, the apical margin moderately arcuate or trun- 

 cate; internal border is scarcely evident; surface scarcely convex, 

 chitinous externally and membranous internally, sparsely punctate 

 and setose, setae moderately long, with longer ones about the apical 

 margin. Sinus broad and closed by the membrane, the latter not 

 setose at bottom of the former. 



Female. — Genital segment quadrato-parabolic, valves reflexed later- 

 ally and slightly deflexed apically, setose. 



Fft??'!'/?^ (Plate 4. fig. 3). — Dorsal plate oval, with the internal third 

 of the apical half reflexed and impunctate, also glabrous; outAvardly 

 explanate and slightly deflexed, with the surface plane sloping 

 obliquely downward and inward. The surface is sparsely punctate 

 and setose in outer two-thirds, with the hairs rather long; external 



