eye-margin ; pubescence on the face very fine, yellowish, very few, 

 and almost inconspicuous but on the lateral yellow patches somewhat 

 distinct, and on the calli almost entirely bare. Proboscis stout, about 

 as long as the depth of the head, brownish black, very slightly dusted 

 with greyish, bearing a few short rather bristle-like blackish pubescence 

 and with rather broad similarly colored sucker-flaps which are furnished 

 with a very few rather short (but longer than that on the proboscis) 

 blackish pubescence beneath ; palpi lying against the proboscis, brownish 

 black, somewhat shining and moderately obscured by a yellowish dust 

 at the outerside, stout, broadest near the base and then gradually nar- 

 rowed towards the apex which is blunt, very slightly curved forewards 

 just before the middle, slightly longer than half the length of the 

 proboscis; pubescence on the palpi very fine, almost inconspicuous but 

 at the outerside rather long, pale yellowish beneath. Antennae slender, 

 conspicuously longer than twice as long as the head, blackish brown 

 with the yellowish first joint ; basal joint a little longer than the second, 

 very slightly dilated, usually yellow or brownish yellow and very rarely 

 distinctly brown at the apical one-third and sometimes darker towards 

 the tip, sparsely furnished with short black hairs ; second joint thinner 

 than the first, yellowish brown to blackish brown, with some inconspi- 

 cuous annulations, and bearing a few (but much numerous than on the 

 first joint) black pubescence ; third joint rather slender, slightly upturned 

 at the tip, longer than the two basal joints together, mostly darker, 

 quite bare, bearing f\vc distinct annulations of which the first is stouter 

 than the first antennal joint and is rather dully coloured, and its basal 

 one thirds is usually conspicuously paler ; the apical annulation of the 

 third antennal joint as long as the two preceding ones together, its 

 apex usually very slightly incised and without any fine hairs. Eyes 

 with the facets all equal ; in death deep black somewhat coppery, occip- 

 ital and hind margin with an inconspicuous deep purplish brown border 

 which is about equal in width but slightly notched about the middle : 

 the rest of the eye with four similary coloured isolated spots, of 



