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black inil)i'sconcp. Priesiitural hristlos are very larjjc and 

 stout, two in nuinlxM", one supra-alar bristle only ami tlirei.* 

 postalar bristles ; tin; dorso-central bristles arc only repre- 

 sented l)y some fine black liairs on eacdi side and in the 

 middle, those on tlie posterior part beeominjj bristly hairs ; 

 the dorsum is covered with Hue black hairs and some lon;i;cr 

 pale yellowish ones posteriorly and on the sides. Scutel/uin 

 covered with «rrey tomentum and with six blaekisli bristles 

 on its posterior border, in the other males some of these 

 ap|)ear y<dlow : dorsum with pale yellowish pubescence. 

 Alnloiiien with larjjc brownish-black spots on each se;^ment, 

 produced posteriorly, but not reaching the hind border which 

 is covered with greyish-yellow tomentum forming a band on 

 each segment continued up the sides; dorsum covered with 

 short yellowish or white hairs and with the same at tiie 

 sides; underside largely brown. Lefjs reddish yellow; the 

 fore and middle femora bbick at the base and apex, the hind 

 pair blackish for two-thirds of their length with a black 

 aj)ex ; the tibifc with dark apices ; the middle and hind tarsi 

 wholly brownish ; the fore femora with no biistles, some long 

 soft liairs below, the middle pair with two stout black 

 bi'istles at the apex, the hind pair with five on the upper- 

 side and four or so below, and two stout ones at the apex ; 

 the tibiae with five or more black bristles on the uppersidc 

 of the fore pair, and a crown oE them at the apex ; underside 

 with long, soft, yellowish hairs; the middle pair with rather 

 fewer bristles on tl:e nppersides and no soft hairs btdow, 

 the hind pair with four or S(i on the np[)er and under side 

 and four at the apex ; the underside with a thick fringe of 

 short yellowish hairs, also present on the uppersidc, these 

 are present but less noticeable on the middle tibiae; tarsi 

 with the first joint enlarged and broad on the front pair and 

 longer on the other pairs, on these last it is nearly as long 

 as the four other joints together, all with numerous very 

 stout black bristles at apex and on the underside, and wi:h 

 s')me yellowish hairs above, the other joints have fewer 

 bristles; pubescence on the legs is otherwise short and black. 

 ]yiii(js not so long as the abdomen. Genitalia arc large, 

 with black hairs, some white ones on the aj)<'x. The other 

 males appear identical, the bristles and colouring of legs 

 being the same, but the abdoiuen has a more hoary pubes- 

 cence. 



Female is .identical. The bristles on the snutellum all 

 black. Ovi[)ositor very long, including the sixth and seventh 

 segments, nearly as long as the first five segments. Lci/a 

 not (jnite so dark ; the fore femora with four or live weak 



