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Thorax black, sparsely clothed with long, erect, black pubescence; 

 cephalic margin of pronotum slightly emarginate medially, the 

 cephalic surface of the emargination glabrous, impunctate; pro- 

 notum, mesonotum, posterior division of scutellum, and metanotuni 

 coarsely, confluently punctate throughout; basal fourth and apical 

 margin of lateral lobes of anterior division of scutellum glabrous, 

 impunctate, the remainder coarsely and deeply foveolate; propleura 

 coarsely, confluently punctate, interspersed with fine punctures near 

 the posterior margin; mesopleura with very large, coarse punctures 

 near the anterior margin, interspersed with fine punctures, the re- 

 mainder very coarsely and deeply foveolate; ventral third of meta- 

 pleura deeply foveolate, the dorsal two-thirds glabrous, impunctate; 

 sides of propodeum glabrous, impunctate at the anterior margin, then 

 coarsely punctate, and finally very coarsely, deeply foveolate near 

 the posterior margin ; posterior face and dorsum of propodeum very 

 coarsely, deeply foveolate, the apical half of the dorsum with a 

 median, longitudinal carina which extends onto the dorsal part of 

 the posterior face of the propodeum ; anterior half of tegulae setiger- 

 ously punctate, posterior half glabrous, impunctate. 



Abdomen black, except the second segment ferruginous; first ter- 

 gite black, slightly constricted subapically, coarsely, confluently 

 punctate, except the disk with elongate, separated punctures, sparsely 

 clothed with long, erect, black pubescence ; second tergite ferruginous, 

 with moderate, distinct punctures medially, the punctures becoming 

 larger toward the lateral margins, clothed with long, erect, black 

 pubescence, except a pair of large subapical areas with yellowish 

 pubescence, and with a thick apical fringe of black pubescence; 

 tergites 3-6 with moderate, contiguous punctures throughout, sparsely 

 clothed with long, erect, black pubescence and each with an apical 

 fringe of black pubescence; basal area of ultimate tergite with fine, 

 distinct punctures, sparsely clothed with long, erect, black pubescence, 

 the pygidial area glabrous, slightly rugose, the apical margin of the 

 tergite with a distinct fringe of erect, black pubescence ; first sternite 

 with a median, longitudinal carina, not produced posteriorly, the 

 sternite coarsely, confluently punctate and sparsely clothed with long, 

 erect, black pubescence; second sternite ferruginous, with a median, 

 slightly ovate pit densely filled with black hairs, the sternite with 

 large, distinct punctures, sparsely clothed with long, erect, black 

 pubescence and with a thick apical fringe of long, black hairs; 

 sternites 3-6 with the apical margins punctate and each with an 

 apical fringe of long, black pubescence; ultimate sternite with the 

 broad, apical margin glabrous, impunctate, remainder of sternite 

 with intermixed large and small, distinct punctures. 



Legs black, sparsely clothed with long, black pubescence. 



