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Thorax. — Pronofum ; collar and callosities generally brownish- 

 yellow, the latter frequently with a small black spot in the centre ; 

 posterior margin narrowly white ; within the latter an irregular, 

 narrow, black streak, frequently interrupted in the middle. Scutellmn 

 brownish-yellow ; basal angles generally brown ; hinder portion with 

 2 black or brown streaks springing from the sides before the apex, 

 and converging as they approach the transverse channel; central 

 line and a small rhomboidal patch at the apex pale. JEh/lra ; Clrania 

 at the base more or less pale ; apex narrowly black ; disk along the 

 inner margin broadly pale, in which are 1 or 2 dark gray spots ; nerve 

 pale ; claval suture narrowly pale ; Corium ; anterior margin witli 6 

 or 7 short streaks, and the apex black ; 1st nerve pale, more or less 

 spotted with brownish or dark gray ; near the base, and adjoining 

 the 1st nerve, a somewhat large, pale patch, and beyond the middle 

 a larger one, the space between forming an undefined dark band ; 

 the triangular space between the bifurcation of the 1st nerve at 

 the apex pale ; inner nerve of the bifurcation more or less broadly 

 black, the outer one more or less pale ; Cuiieus brown or grayish, 

 with several small paler spots ; base narrowly pale ; apex and an- 

 terior margin more or less spotted with black ; extreme apex ver}- 

 narrowly pale ; anterior margin towards the base frequently reddish ; 

 Membrane white, somewhat iridescent, thickly covered with very 

 minute black spots and patches, more or less confluent, especially 

 towards the apex, leaving only a clear space below the cells ; an- 

 terior margin with a somewhat square black spot a little below the 

 apex of the cuneus ; inner marginal nerve pale ; cell-nerves whitish 

 or yellowish-white : inner cell-nerve black ; outer cell at the base 

 broadly, apex and along the inner cell-nerve narrowly, blacli ; dislc 

 with several minute, irregular, black spots ; inner cell frequently 

 blackish. Sternum : Prosternum ; sides broadly brown ; angles and 

 xyphus pale, sometimes greenish ; Mesostermi.m brown, centre of the 

 posterior margin frecjuently pale or greenish ; Iletasternum ; sides 

 bi-own, centre frequently pale or greenish. Leris ; coxce j)ale ; 2nd 

 and 3rd pairs with a brown spot on the outside at the base ; fulcra 

 pale ; 1st pair narroAvly brownish or brownish-pink at the apex ; 

 thighs pale ; on the underside spotted with black, brown, or brown- 

 pink throughout their entire length, upperside spotted for |ths their 

 length ; 3rd pair next the apex and along the upperside broadly 

 black, brown, or brown-pink, with a broad, pale, diagonal band a 

 little before the apex, and several large, irregular spots, more or less 



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