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antennae, where it forms an elongated spot. Antennal sca:pe 

 yellow ; flagellum normally dark brownish black, with one or two 

 hairs on each side at the base of each joint; each joint being 

 slightly notched on the upper side just beyond the base and fairlj'- 

 long. In some specimens the flagellar joints are shorter, and when 

 this is the case they are generally mainly yellow with a narrow 

 black base. Occasional intermediate forms, both in the matter of 

 length of the joint and colour, prove that the differences are not 

 specific. Proboscis brownish; palpi more or less brown, first 

 three joints subequal in length, 3rd the shortest ; 2nd and 

 3rd stouter, 4th thin, twice length of 2nd; all the joints 

 moderately pubescent. Eyes black ; frons at narrowest part 

 barel}' one-third of head. Back of head concolorous, a few hairs, 

 especially just behind, but not contiguous to the eyes, also on 

 lower part. 



Thorax mainly yellowish grey, varying to ash-grey, often 

 with a slight greenish tinge. Dorsum with three stripes on anterior 

 part, the middle one divided behind, reaching to the suture, and 

 with a darker middle line in front ; the outer stripes short, 

 forming elongate spots, all three stripes greenish grey in colour. 

 Each post-humeral callosity bears three similarly coloured spots, 

 an inner oval one, more or less in a straight line with the outer 

 stripe in front of the suture ; and two smaller outer ones just 

 above the base of the wings ; all the three spots being in some 

 specimens confluent. Shoulders more or less lighter grey, sutural 

 emargination yellowish or greyish. Scutellum yellowish or 

 yellowish grey, with a more or less distinct narrow median line. 

 Metanotum yellowish grey, hinder half more ash-grey, an indistinct 

 median line. Sides of the thorax usually concolorous, but always 

 more yellowish than the dorsum. 



Abdomen variable. Generally in the & the first five segments 

 yellowish or yellowish brown, the remainder dull black, but the 

 latter colour sometimes encroaches on the major portion of the 

 abdomen, leaving only one or two basal segments yellow. In the 9 

 3^ellowish or brownish, with three dorsal black lines, but the black 

 colour is even more irregular in its extent in this sex than in the 

 or' , often covering nearly all the dorsum. In both sexes a narrow 

 black line on each side of the abdomen, which is sometimes lost 

 in the nearly wholh^ black abdomen in certain specimens. 



Male genitalia moderately large, concolorous, composed of an 

 outer pair of firm conical claspers, the basal joint cut away some- 

 what on the outer side, the second joint comparatively large, with 

 pointed tip ; a dorsal narrow plate with yellow hair on its posterior 

 margin. An inner pair of spoon-shaped organs bearing yellow hair. 



Ovipositor in $ very long (3 mm.), consisting of a long basal 

 cylindrical piece, hard, shining blackish brown, with at each side 

 of it a grey plate with rounded edges, protruding from the last 

 abdominal segment ; these plates do not meet above or below. 

 To the end of the basal piece is affixed a pair of long, pointed, 

 slightly arcuated lateral valves, distinctly serrate on the under 



