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strongly ; all the segments are rufo-testaceous on the 

 apex. 



Hemiteles INTERMEDIUS, Sp. nov. 



Niger; aiinitlo flagcllo antenuai'uni, orbitis ociilonnii 

 supra, tegidis saitelloquc albis ; metathorace petioloque 

 rufis ; pedibiis rufis ; coxis troclianteribiisqjte albis ; tibiis 

 tarsisque posiicis fuscis ; alls hyalinis, stigmate pallido. $. 



Long. 8 mm. 



Antennas black ; the middle with a broad white ring. 

 Head black ; the inner orbits above on the inner side white 

 in the middle ; the white bands narrowed at the top and 

 bottom. The face closely punctured ; the clypeus with 

 the punctures much more widely separated ; the mandibles 

 broadly dirty testaceous in the middle ; the palpi white; 

 the front and vertex closely and uniformly punctured. 

 Thorax with the metathorax entirely rufous, as is also the 

 post-scutellum ; the scuteUum yellow : the middle of the 

 mesopleurae behind obscure rufous. Mesonotum closely 

 and uniformly punctured ; the parapsidal furrows are in- 

 dicated at the extreme base ; the lateral scutellar 

 depression stoutly keeled. The median segment is 

 distinctly areolated ; the basal central area is large, broader 

 than long ; the supra-median is slightly longer than broad 

 and rounded at the base ; the entire segment is closely 

 and strongly punctured ; the apical areas closely 

 transversely striated ; there are no teeth. The pro-, meso-, 

 and metapleurae closely punctured ; the propleurje striated 

 behind. Mesosternum closely punctured ; the middle 

 furrow deep, of equal width throughout and closely crenu- 

 lated. The four anterior legs obscure rufo-testaceous ; 

 the coxje and trochanters white ; the femora are darker ; 

 the hinder coxas and trochanters are rufous, largely marked 

 with black below and laterally towards the apex ; the 



