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extends very sparsely towards the base along the pale reddish brown 

 underside ; middle tibiae about apical fifth blackish and bearing short 

 black pubescence which on the rest is whitish, on the outer-upper mar- 

 gin there is an inconspicuous ciliation composed of four or five long 

 whitish hairs, the apical spurs stout and rather short, blackish ; hind 

 tibiae about the apical thirds blackish, pubescence on the pale portion 

 pale yellowish and depressed as in the other tibiae, and pubescence 

 on the blackish part very short and black which extends towards the 

 base along the innerside, on the upperside there is a somewhat long 

 conspicuous outer fringe composed of black and pale yellowish hairs 

 in which the black hairs are on the blackish part of the tibiae and 

 others on the rest, but the separation is not conspicuous, while the 

 lower fringe is shorter and is composed of black hairs nearly through- 

 out ; tarsi all deep black, covered with numerous dense short black 

 pubescence which on the underside of two posterior pairs has a reddish 

 shimmer in a certain light ; pulvilli dull yellowish brown or reddish 

 brown ; pale hairs on the legs all with a silvery shimmer in a certain 

 light ; claws black, with the base reddish. 



Abdomen broader than the thorax, and gradually but very 

 slightly narrowed towards the apex which is very broad and is nearly 

 transversely straight, slightly longer than the head and thorax (includ- 

 ing the scutellum) together, blackish. Dorsum darker than the under- 

 side, with whitish grey haired segmentations on a grey tomentose border, 

 enlarged in the middle as broad triangular spots, and at the sides 

 wider and more conspicuous, the middle triangles hardly reaching to 

 the anterior margin of the segments of which the first one is very 

 flat and is not triangular, while the seventh segment bears no triangle 

 nor band ; pubescence on the rest black except about the sides at 

 where it is whitish grey as that on the bands and spots, especially 

 on the first two segments which have rather broad greyish tomentose 

 sides. Ventre covered with ashy grey tomentum except on about the 

 middle thirds with blackish brown one, clothed with black pubescence 



