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testaceis ; femoribus posticis rufis ; tarsis posticis tiigris, late 

 albo iiJinulato ; alls hyalinis, stiginate pallide testaceo. ? . 



Long. 8 ; terebra 2 mm. 



Antennje black ; the seventh to eleventh joints white, 

 except above ; beyond the seventh slightly, but perceptibly, 

 thickened ; the scape with a faint microscopic pile ; obscurely 

 punctured. Head with the mandibles entirely black ; the 

 palpi pale testaceous, black at the base. Head opaque, 

 aciculated ; the face thickly covered with a silvery 

 pubescence ; the clypeus shining, sparsely punctured. 

 Thorax black ; the mesonotum strongly aciculated ; the 

 parapsidal furrows wide and distinct at the base ; the 

 scutellum and post-scutellum yellow ; the scutellum on 

 the outerside obliquely striated. Median segment finely 

 rugose ; the base strongly aciculated ; the supramedian 

 area is three times longer than wide, the basal half becom- 

 ing gradual!)' narrowed towards the apex ; the apical half 

 of equal width ; the other areae are distinct ; the middle 

 transversely striated. The upper part of the propleurae 

 strongly aciculated ; the lower longitudinally striated ; the 

 mesopleur^e strongly aciculated, the middle running into 

 striations ; the metapleura^ coarsely aciculated ; the upper 

 part behind the spiracles strongly, obliquely striated ; the 

 keel on the middle of the metapleurae stout, curved ; the 

 part immediately above it with a row of short keels. The four 

 anterior legs dark testaceous ; the coxae and trochanters 

 black ; the hinder femora fulvous ; the tarsi testaceous, 

 darker towards the apex, which is itself black ; the hinder 

 tarsi white, except the basal and the apical two joints, 

 which are deep black. Wings clear hyaline, the stigma 

 pale testaceous ; the nervures pale fuscous ; the areolet 

 square ; the recurrent nervures received almost in its 

 centre. Abdomen black ; the apex of the first and second 

 segment rufous ; the apex of the penultimate and the 



