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color, except on the bare and subshining, narrow posterior part in 

 front of scutellum; on mesonotum only a trace of three linear vittae, 

 these slightly deeper in color than the surrounding, one in median line 

 and two lateral vittae in the line of the dorsocentrals ; on the shining 

 hind part of mesonotum only one pair of round black spots, each be- 

 tween the upper postalar and prescutellar bristles, and a pair of round 

 black dots, each beneath base of wing on side of the postalar callosity. 

 On mesonotum are four very small brown circlets at base of dorsocen- 

 tral and prescutellar bristles. 



The long and strong thoracic bristles are brownish yellow with a 

 golden shine. All the examined specimens have two pairs of meso- 

 pleural bristles, the lower pair considerably weaker; the dorsocentral 



Figure 92. — Tomoplagia deflorata: a, Lateral view of head; b, dorsal view of head; c, right 

 maxillary palpus, inferior surface; d, dorsal view of epandrium; e, lateral view of epan- 

 drium;/, ventral view of ovipositor tip;g, lateral view of ovipositor tip; h, dorsal view of 

 apex of female abdomen. 



pair situated near the anterior third of distance between transverse 

 suture and (imaginary) transverse line between the supra-alar bristles; 

 apical pair of scutellar bristles not crossed but nearly parallel or 

 slightly convergent. 



On the pale ochraceous pleura always only two pairs of black mark- 

 ings, one on inferior margin of ventral pleurotergite and a larger one 

 above hind coxa, these maybe sometimes insignificant but are present in 

 all the examined species. Scutellum transparent pale yellow, sub- 

 shining, covered with sparse whitish pruinosity and with some hairs 

 between bases of the basal and apical scutellar bristles ; postscutellum 

 without black markings; mediotergite shining, transparent bronze 



