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6. Pygofer with processes 7 



Pygofer without processes 8 



7. Aedeagal processes in lateral view arising from a common stalk. 



M. flavolimbata (Signoret) (fig. 234) 

 Aedeagal processes separate from their base. 



M. biimpressa (Signoret) (fig. 235) 



8. Aedeagal shaft with an unpaired median process on posteroventral 



margin near base M. lineiceps, new species (p. 250) 



Aedeagal shaft without such a process 9 



9. Pronotum with a broad transverse posterior band which is not 



mottled M. cinaa (Signoret) (fig. 237) 



Pronotum not as above 10 



10. Aedeagus with processes at apex of shaft. 



M. consolida Schroder (fig. 239) 

 Aedeagus without such processes 11 



1 1 . Aedeagus in posteroventral aspect with basal processes shaped 



like parentheses, each with variable processes. 



M. xanthocephala (Germar) (fig. 240) 

 Aedeagus not so 12 



1 2. Pygofer with posterior margin angular. 



M. consorta (Melichar) (fig. 238) 

 Pygofer with posterior margin rounded 13 



13. Aedeagal shaft very short and with anterodorsal margin deeply 



concave in lateral aspect 14 



Aedeagal shaft much longer and with anterodorsal margin broadly 

 and very shallowly concave in lateral aspect 15 



1 4. Head with length of crown less than two- thirds interocular width, 



crown tan marked with black spots. 



M. insignis (Distant) (fig. 241) 

 Head with median length of crown approximately three-fourths 

 interocular width, crown black marked with ivory. 



M. confluens (Melichar) (fig. 242) 



15. Aedeagal processes each appearing chelate apically. 



M. zikani Schroder 

 Aedeagal processes not so 16 



16. Aedeagus in caudoventral aspect with a constriction between base 



and origin of aedeagal processes. 



M. malkini, new species (p. 250) 

 Aedeagus without such a constriction 17 



1 7. Aedeagal processes branched . M. alternata (Signoret) (fig. 243) 

 Aedeagal processes unbranched M. novarae Schroder 



