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which are much longer than half the whole length of proboscis. Palp : 

 pale reddkh yellow or yellow, about two-thirds as long as the proboscis, 

 rather stout ; first joint slightly darker, covered with numerous 

 long yellow hairs ; second joint nearly four times as long as its broadest 

 part, rather broad from die base up to about the middle, ;:fter which 

 it droops and gradually diminishes to a blunt point, quite bare on all 

 the inner side but with a few longer pale hairs beneath about the 

 base, pubescence on the outer side dense, short and golden yellow, 

 with a few scattered black bristles intermixed. Antennae short and 

 rather stout, about as long as the palpi, reddish yellow with some- 

 what paler basal joint ; first joint inconspicuously extending rather cap- 

 like over the second joint, where it has reddish tinge, covered with 

 short scattered yellowish pubescence which is intermixed with two or 

 three tiny black bristles on the outer side near the apex ; second joint 

 small, about half as long as the basal joint, slightly produced at the 

 upper apical margin, with an inconspicuous circlet of a few inconspicu- 

 ous black bristles around the tip, these bristles being rather conspicuous 

 on the underside and at the prominent part ; third joint about twice 

 as long as two basal joints together, broad, the basal annulation large, 

 the depth of this annulation at the hump being about two-thirds its 

 length ; dorsal hump near the base distinct and pointed but not hooked, 

 and bearing some inconspicuous blackish bristles ; style-like portion 

 very short, but wholly two-fifths the length of the basal annulation of 

 the third joint, the apical annulation being slightly longer than the 

 others and pointed, on each annulation there arc two or three incon- 

 spicuous tiny blackish hairs about the tip. Eyes quite bare, in profile 

 apparently shorter than the depth, with largely rounded lower angle ; 

 when seen from in front slightly wider than the depth, with the inner 

 angle about I30 J , and with the upper angle nearly 90 ; facets all 

 equal but somewhat smaller around the margin ; in death purplish 

 black, without any markings or bands. 



Thorax rather large, subquadrate with rounded angles, slightly 



