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longer than those on the face. Back of the head greyish yellow, 

 bearing black pubescence on the eye-/nargins only. Proboscis rather 

 stout, blackish brown, sparsely hairy beneath, bearing a broad similar 

 coloured sucker-flaps clothed very few short blackish hairs. Palpi 

 long, slightly shorter than the proboscis, lying more against the pro- 

 boscis, reddish yellow or pale brown bearing a few black hairs which 

 become longer and denser towards the base. Antennae longer than 

 the head, orange yellow or reddish yellow, the annulate portion of 

 the third joint brown, becoming black at the apex; first joint about 

 twice as long as the second, stouter ; second joint with an inconspicu- 

 ous subsequent annulation ; third joint longer than the two basal joints, 

 bearing a very few inconspicuous fine hairs on the apical margin of each 

 annulation, the annulate portion longer than the basal portion. Eyes 

 quite bare, in life brilliant green, u ith strong coppery reflections ; 

 facets all equal. 



Thorax dull orange yellow marked with three broad greyish 

 stripes, the outer ones interrupted at the suture, each one about half 

 as wide as the median, none of them reaching the posterior margin 

 of the thorax and united behind together. Pleurae greyish brown, 

 somewhat tinged with orange yellow ; scutellum orange yellow, about 

 twice as wide as it is long, posterior margin convex with very short 

 straight lateral margins. Pubescence on the disc of the thorax very 

 short and brownish, on the margins rather long and yellowish ; the 

 pubescence on the meso- and ptero-pleurae, and on the upper and hind 

 parts of the ster no-pleurae, blackish and long, on the meta-pleurae 

 rather denser and dull yellow with a few black hairs intermixed ; the 

 pubescence on the scutellum brownish yellow, rather sparse, becoming 

 longer and much conspicuous towards the posterior end. 



Wings about equal as long as the length of the body, greyish, 

 distinctly smoky brown surrounding all veins, excepting of the lower 

 branch of the posterior fork, and postical, anal and axillary veins, 

 with brown costal cell, yellowish stigma and brownish veins (except 



