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carinato, facie argentea; thorace anterius lato, angulato, posterius 

 coarctato, rotundato-truncato, superius rugosissimo; pleuris in- 

 ferius argentatis, mesopleuris carina prominula longe albido- 

 ciliata instructis; abdomine breviter petiolato, primo segmento 

 breviter petiolari apice subnoditbrmi, argenteo-marginato; 2® 

 basi macula, apice maculis 4 in série transversali, 5'' macula 

 media, ai-genteis. Ç L. 12 — 18 mm. 



12. M. Hildebrandti. — Medice parva; capite minore; 

 capite et thorace rufis, inferius cinereo-pilosis, de reliquo rufo-, 

 et nigro-pilosis, omnino dense punctatis; antennis rufis, flagello 

 superne obscuro ; thorace parallelipipedo, rétro dilatatiusculo 

 ac truncato; abdomine nigro-velutino; subsessili, 1'' segmento 

 squamiformi, aurato; 2*^ basi macula, apice maculis 2 grandibus, 

 aureis; 3" maculis grandibus 2, 5" limbo, 6*^ toto, aureis; pedi- 

 bus nigris, t'ulvo-pilosis. Ç li. 10 mm. 



13. M. venustula. — Modice grandis vel minuta, ciuereo- 

 hirta; capite thoraceque rufis; thorace elongato-quadrato, po- 

 sterius truncato; abdomine nigro, 2" segmento basi aureo-bima- 

 culato, margineque auguste aureo et in medio macula aurea; 

 segmentis 3", 4" superne aureis, antennarum flagello nigro ; tarsis 

 fuscis. 9 ^- ^5^ — 10 n^ni. 



14. M. zanaca. — Minuta, cinereo-hirta, capite thoraceque 

 rufis; antennis, abdomine pedibusque nigris; thorace paralleli- 

 pipedo; abdomine ovato, 2" segmento basi maculis 2 auratis, 

 3", 4" auratis. Ç L. 7—9 mm. 



15. M. betsilea. — Ç Rufa, valde punctata; capite quam 

 pronotum haud latiore; thorace elongato-quadrato, fusco- et 

 cinereo-piloso; abdomine nigro-velutino; secundo segmento basi 

 maculis ovatis 2 aureis, ac lateraliter margine intero aureo- 

 limbato; segmentis reliquis aurantiis, aureo-pilosis, subtus 2" -6" 

 aureo-fimbriatis. L. 18 mm. 



çf Niger; capite thoraceque rufis, cinereo-pilosis; antennis 

 basi rufis, dehinc fuscis, 3'* articulo trigonali, intus dentato, vel 

 penicillo pilorum alborum instructis, thorace anterius valde for- 

 nicato, scutello fere in tuberculum prominulo; abdomine nigro, 

 P segmento angusto-infundibuliformi, 2" basi maculis 2 aureis; 

 reliquis totis aureis, ultimis rufo-cupreis; pedibus nigris; alia 

 nigro-violaccis basi area vitrea. L. 19 mm. 



16. M. antsianacae. — Nigra; thorace elongato-quadrato, 

 modice grosse punctato; antennis basi rufis; abdominis 2" seg- 

 mento basi maculis ovatis 2, apiceque macula elongata, nec non 

 lateraliter margine angusto cum maculis conjuncto, aureis; mar- 

 gine postico nonnunquam angustissime aureo cum macula mar- 

 ginis effusa; segmentis 4 — 6 rufis, aureo-, et rufo-pilosis; pedi- 

 bu3 rufis. 9 ^- ^ — 13 ^^' 



