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head, and continuing, interrupted at antennary fossae, 

 along temporal margins almost to occipital angles. 



Prothorax quadrangular, convex on metathorax; two 

 separated hairs at occipital angles ; a lateral marginal 

 brown blotch bounded outwardly along its posterior half 

 by a transparent edge. Metathorax with lateral margins 

 concave, deepest before the middle; anterior angles 

 obliquely truncate; posterior margin straight or feebly 

 concave; three long, strong, hairs in the posterior.angles, 

 arising from an elliptical uncolored space; a large brown 

 blotch in anterior angles, and a smaller one in posterior 

 angles, also a narrow marginal band running full length 

 of segment. Sternal markings consisting of a faint bor- 

 dering of anterior coxal cavities, an intercoxal line be- 

 tween pro- and mesacoxae, an obscure median semicircular 

 blotch with convex margin posteriorly, and a rather broad 

 lateral marginal band on metathorax. Fore legs short, 

 coxae narrowly separated and globular, femora wide, tarsi 

 alone colored; middle and hind legs long, coxae produced 

 widely and separated; femora long and slender; femora 

 and tibia? with dorsal, elongate, dark brown markings; 

 tarsi and claws pale brown; tibiae with two long hairs 

 and three short ones on outer margin. 



Abdomen with sides of segments 1-7 parallel; sides of 

 segments 8-10 tapering posteriorly, tenth segment bi- 

 cuspidate ; posterior angles of segments 1-4 without hairs, 

 angles of segments 5-6 with one hair, of segment 7 with 

 three hairs, segment 8 with one hair rising before the 

 angle, segment 9 with two hairs, segment 10 with each 

 posterior point bearing four hairs, two arising on mar- 

 gin and one each from dorsal and ventral surfaces ; a 

 strong broad, dark brown, marginal band, this band pro- 

 jecting in on segment 9 almost to median line; segment 

 10 wholly colored. 



