PHILANTHUS VERTILABRIS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black; thorax with a line on the interior 

 and posterior margins, and tergum, with four or 

 five bands of which the anterior one is broadest, 

 yellow. 



SYNONYM. 



P. VERTILABRIS. Fttbr. Syst. Piez. p. 303. 

 Coqueb. III. Icon. p. 96, pi. 22, fig. 2. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Head black; beneath the antennae yellow; 

 anfennse beneath yellow : thorax with confluent 

 punctures black; a transverse line before and 

 another behind yellow : ivings tinged with dull 

 yellowish : feet pale rufous : tibix yellowish on 

 the exterior side: tergum with large, deeply 

 impressed, confluent punctures; first segment 

 with a yellow spot each side ; second segment 

 with a broad yellow band occupying the basal 



PLATE 49. 



