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bare; four dark brown pointed papilla-like processes pro- 

 jecting upwards from dorsal surface of head, one at basal 

 extremity of each antennal band, and one on each side in 

 front of mandible; signature broad extending to man- 

 dibles ; antennal bands dark brown, angulated, paler along 

 lateral margins of clypeus in front of the flap ; mandibles 

 large and strongly colored, forming a broad dark brown 

 transversal line connecting the antennal bands; occipital 

 bands distinct, dark brown, diverging, black at base 

 andbiramose; suborbicular occipital signature with two 

 short divergent posterior projections indistinctly showing 

 through from under surface. 



Prothorax short, broad; anterior angles, lateral mar- 

 gin and posterior angles rounded; a single hair at pos- 

 terior angles; a broad, distinct, dark brown, lateral bor- 

 der. Metathorax broad, with angulated lateral margin, 

 a pustulated hair and spine in each angle, and five more 

 hairs, some pustulated and longer than the others, un- 

 evenly spaced along the lateral part of convex posterior 

 margin; anterior portion of lateral margin with broad, 

 distinct, dark brown border, with strongly colored process 

 projecting posteriorly into the segment. Sternal markings 

 composed of angulated intercoxal lines between meso- and 

 meta-legs, and two small oblong spots darkest at posterior 

 end on sternum between middle legs. Legs concolorous 

 with body with narrow darker margins, tibia? with three, 

 short, strong spurs on distal extremity opposed to tarsal 

 claws. 



Abdomen short, broad, turbinated, with one or more 

 hairs in each projecting posterior angle ; a double row of 

 short hairs down the middle of dorsal aspect; well de- 

 fined, broad, black, lateral bands extending from segment 

 2 to segment 8, with uncolored stigmatal spots on inner 

 margin of bands; a rather narrow, somewhat sinuous, 



