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hairs black, the base of the second segment yellow, basal lobes 
black clothed with blackish hairs on their inner surfaces; clypeus 
black; eyes purplish black. 
Thorax black, clothed with bronzy narrow-curved scales with 
two very prominent patches of pure white broad flat scales on the 
sides at the base of the middle third, and pale spindle-shaped ones 
in the middle ; posterior third with two lateral rows of cream-coloured 
spindle-shaped scales and numerous broad white flat ones with a 
small prealar patch of white flat ones, a lateral row of black bristles 
on each side extending the whole length of the thorax, border bristles 
black, prothoracic lobes prominent clothed with white flat scales 
and black bristles; scutellum black, densely clothed with broad 
white flat scales, border bristles black, eight to the mid lobe; pleurae 
black, clothed with broad white flat scales and mixed yellow and 
black hairs. 
Abdomen black, clothed with black iridescent scales, first segment 
clothed with white scales and pale creamy yellow hairs, second 
segment with white basal banding which expands into broad 
lateral patches, segments three to seven with basal white spots 
those on segments six and seven forming comparatively large tri- 
angles, apical segment unspotted, segments three to six with basal 
lateral patches, seventh with broad lateral stripe the full length of 
the segment; posterior border bristles black, lateral border bristles 
black and fairly dense on the fifth to seventh segments ; venter black, 
clothed with pale scales, segments six and seven with white scales 
and numerous black hairs. 
Legs clothed with black iridescent scales; the basal half of the 
hind femora pale creamy beneath and with a creamy white apical 
patch above; first tarsals of fore and mid legs with very broad creamy 
white bands, not quite basal, second tarsals of fore legs with an 
almost basal creamy white spot, of mid legs with creamy white 
banding, almost basal, remaining tarsi unbanded; hind legs with 
the first three tarsals with creamy white banding, not quite basal 
on the first and basal on the second and third, fourth and fifth 
unbanded; ungues of fore and mid legs equal, uniserrate, of hind 
legs equal and simple. 
Wings with the costa black scaled ; the base of sub-costal and first 
longitudinal veins clothed with black iridescent flat scales; veins 
clothed with brown lateral linear and median fairly broad scales; 
fringe dark brown; first fork-cell longer and considerably narrower 
than the second, the base of the latter nearer the base of the wing; 
stem of the first fork-cell two-thirds the length of the cell, stem of the 
second about two-thirds the length of its cell, anterior basal cross- 
vein slightly longer than and a little more than twice its own length 
