40 



short hairs, bearing much shorter and rather fine subequal black apical 

 spurs ; the apical joint of all the! tarsi bearing a rather stout curvet] 

 specially long blackish hair and a few shorter ones at the apex above; 

 pulvilli yellowish. 



Abdomen narrow and somewhat tapering, conspicuously longc; 

 than the head and thorax (including the scutellum) together, pale yellow ; 

 gradually tinged with reddish yellow towards the apex but sometimes 

 blackish brown at the two or three apical segments, and rarely much 

 darker gradually towards the anal end. Dorsum moderately convex, 

 the apical portion usually paler than the ventre ; first segment pale, 

 with posterior margin at more than median three-fifth brown ; second 

 joint very often slightly paler than the first segment, with two brown 

 spots united at the basal one-third of the segment in a somewhat 

 rounded angle but not reaching to the anterior margin, continued as 

 far as the posterior margin of the third segment which is slightly 

 reddish yellow, and is shorter than the second ; the four following 

 segments distinctly darker than the preceding one, without any mark- 

 ings or spots ; pubescence very short, moderately depressed, pale yellow, 

 but on the brown markings mainly brown and on the fourth segment 

 hindwards the brown spots on the third segment with brown hairs 

 intermixed, slightly lengthened at the sides and anal end ; the sides of 

 the dorsum narrowly brown, excepting of the first segment. Ventre 

 very often with a narrow reddish yellow stripe which is usually con- 

 spicuous on the two basal segments but sometimes extends to the third ; 

 the two basal segments pale, but sometimes pale reddish yellow at the 

 posterior border of the second segment ; third segment usually reddish 

 yellow but sometimes paler forewards, bearing a brown band at the 

 posterior border, the transverse band sometimes quite interrupted at 

 the middle ; the following segments usually reddish yellow, but some- 

 what brownish at the apical segment ; pubescence much shorter than 

 that on the dorsum, and less numerous, almost entirely yellowish, 

 -•uberect. 



