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Thorax. Pronotum shining, with a transverse channel in the 

 middle indented in the centre ; hinder angles not reflexed ; disk 

 convex, finely punctured, widened at the hinder angles. Scutellum 

 deflected from the base to the transverse channel ; disk convex. 

 Elytra diaphanous ; Claims pale pitchy, finely wrinkled transversely, 

 suture pale ; Gorium ; anterior margin piceous next the base, extreme 

 base very narrowly red ; disk finely wrinkled transversely, pale 

 pitchy, sometimes with a reddish shade ; Cuneus brownish-yellow ; 

 base broadly pale; Membrane blackish, with a long, pale, trian- 

 gular patch extending from below the underside of the inner cell to 

 the anterior margin, and a dark patch extending from below the 

 underside of the outer cell to the apex ; inner marginal nerve 

 piceous ; cell-nerves brown ; apex frequently pale or reddish- white. 

 Legs yellow, clothed with very short, fine, pale-yellow hairs ; tibia 

 with a few long, erect, fine hairs ; tarsi and claws yellow ; 3rd joint 

 of the former sometimes a little darker. 



Length, 1^ 2 lines. 



? Abdomen oval. Black, shining, sparingly clothed with very short, 

 depressed, yellowish hairs. Pronotum much narrower than the 

 abdomen ; callosities large. Elytra without clavus, cuneus, or 

 membrane. 



Head red ; Face ; central lobe frequently black. Antenna ; 1st 

 joint brown or blackish ; 2nd and 3rd yellow ; base of the 2nd nar- 

 rowly, apex broadly, brown or blackish ; 4th brownish. Eyes brown. 

 Hostrum yellow ; 1st joint brown or blackish ; tip narrowly black. 



Thorax. Pronotum much narrower than the abdomen ; callosities 

 large ; sides rounded to the anterior margin ; disk depressed at the 

 hinder angles, which are somewhat reflexed ; posterior margin con- 

 cave. Elytra undeveloped ; very convex; shorter than the abdomen, 

 rounded at the apex ; without clavus, cuneus, or membrane. Sternum 

 black. Legs ; coxes and fulcra whitish-yellow ; thighs yellow, some- 

 times brownish at the base ; tibia yellow, with fine, short, some- 

 what spinose, yellowish hairs ; tarsi yellow ; 3rd joint somewhat 

 brownish. 



Abdomen black underneath, clothed with very short, whitish- 

 yellow hairs. 



Length, 1|- line. 



The ? appears to be more abundant than the <$ : both sexes have 



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