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neck with posterior part a semiglobular condyle ; front with two su- 

 praorbital setigerous punctures, the posterior with distinct setae, the 

 anterior faint and without setae; clypeus moderately prolonged and 

 with setigerous punctures each side; labrum transverse, feebly emar- 

 ginate, margin sexsetose. Eyes absolutely wanting. Mandibles mod- 

 erately prominent, prognathous, arcuately acute at tip, and without 

 setigerous puncture in scrobe. Maxillae slender, ciliate and spinose 

 within, the outer lobe slender and with two equal joints, the palpi 

 slender and long, joints two and three about equal in length, the 

 terminal one three fourths length of third, fusiform, and somewhat 

 robust. Submentum moderately deeply emarginate and with blunt 

 tooth at center; the ligula slender, rounded at apex and bisetose; the 



Fig. I. 



palpi slender, last joint oval and acute, the penultimate bisetose in 

 front. Thorax elongate, a bit wider at widest part than head, margin 

 distinct, sides without setae but with very vague signs of numerous 



