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segments with the enlarged basal third dark brownish black, the 

 remainder of each segment dull yellow. The venation is shown in 

 plate XI, figure 2. Vial K. Tokyo, Japan; August, 1912; 2 9 . 



Pachyrhina pullata, sp. n. 



Thoracic dorsum mostly black; wings with the apex brownish. 



Male. — Length 17.4 mm.; wing 12.9 mm.; antenna; 4.6 mm.l 



Male. — Palpi brown, the third segment yellow; frontal pro- 

 longation of the head shiny black; antennae w'ith the first segment 

 brown, paler apically, second segment yellow, third segment pale 

 brown at the base, dark brown at tip, remaining segments dark 

 brownish black. (See plate XI, fig. 12, for outline of the sixth an- 

 tennal segment) ; vertex brownish yellow, darkening to the brown 

 en the occiput and gena?. 



Pronotum light yellow above; mesonotum dull yellow with 

 three jet black stripes, the median stripe very broad and narrowed 

 behind, the lateral stripes short, broad, straight, the space between 

 these three stripes very narrow and greatly reduced; scutum with 

 the median depression pale in front; behind and on the lobes black; 

 scutellum and postnotum broadly black medially, paler on the 

 lateral margin of the sclerites. Pleura yellow, with dark brownish 

 black blotches as follows: An elongate, vertical mark on the pro- 

 pleura; mesopleura with a large blotch on the ventral portions of 

 the episternumand the sternum; caudal edge of these two sclerites 

 with an elongate vertical blotch extending from the wing-root to 

 mesocoxa, the portion of the postnotum between the base of the 

 wings and the halteres brown ; metepimeron brown. Halteres 

 pale, knobs whitish at the tips. Legs, fore coxae brown, trochanter 

 light yellow, femora yellow basally, browner at tip; other cox;e 

 more yellowish, femora darkening to brown at tip, tibiii; brown, 

 lighter basally; tarsi dark brownish-black. Wings hyaline or 

 nearly so, cells C and Sc. >-ellowish; stigma brown, distinct; cord 

 margined with brown; apex of wing brownisli. X'enalion as in 

 plate XI, fig. 1. 



Abdomen with the first tergite brown, except on the side in 

 front; segments 2 to 5 brown on the caudal half; segment 6 wiili 

 the caudal half dark brown; segments 7 to 9 dark brown: sternites 

 yellow; caudal half of the 7th to 9th segments dark brown. 



