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tiny black bristles round the tip ; third joint narrow, about two and a 

 half times as long as two basal joints together, and more than four 

 times as long as its broadest part, very slightly darker at the dorsal 

 margin ; first annulation of the third joint, rather narrow, about two 

 and a half times as long as its broadest part, with a very small flat 

 dorsal hump which is not pointed but rather rounded and bears two 

 or three tiny black bristles ; the style-like portion distinctly four jointed, 

 rather long, about two-thirds as long as the broad first annulation of 

 the third joint, gradually tapering to a point, and bearing two or three 

 tiny hairs on each annulation. Eyes rather large but rather compressed 

 from front to back ; in profile apparently shorter than the depth, the 

 frontal margin comparatively long, moderately sloping from the vertex 

 to the frontal angle, the lower angle very flat and rounded ; when 

 seen from front wider than the depth, the frontal angle situated below 

 two-thirds from the vertex and about I30 ; in death deep black with 

 irregular metallic ruster but without any markings or bands ; all the 

 ficets practically equal in size. 



Thorax moderate in size, quadrate with rounded angles, black- 

 ish covered with pale grey tomentum which becomes paler on the 

 anterior and lateral borders ; pubescence on the disc rather dense, 

 recumbent, orange yellow, with abundant long erect black hairs inter- 

 mixed ; humeri rather large, reddish brown or yellowish brown, 

 covered with ashy grey tomentum and with adundant somewhat long 

 yellowish pubescence which is intermixed with some short black hairs ; 

 praealar calli triangular, with rounded posterior angle, moderately 

 prominent, dark reddish brown but obscured by an ashy grey tometum. 

 bearing abundant long erect black hairs intermixed with short orange 

 yellow pubescence which is similar to that on the disc but slightly 

 longer ; postalar calli rather large but not prominent, this callus above 

 the base of the wing reddish brown obscured by a greyish tomentum, 

 and with erect though slightly curved black hairs and a short yellow- 

 ish pubescence intermixed ; scutellum >?rge, transversely elongated 



