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yellowish hairs especially at the basal half; middle tibiae usually paler, 

 and at the basal part almost always yellowish, entirely covered with 

 somewhat numerous short depressed (but not on the lower margin) 

 brownish hairs, the end bearing two short subequal brownish spurs ; 

 hind femora (including the trochanter) shorter than the tibiae, covered 

 with rather few short depressed brownish or blackish hairs, but on the 

 lower margin bearing a few somewhat long suberect hairs which on 

 the basal half are usually pale yellow and which on the apical half Is 

 almost always brownish ; hind tibiae very slightly dilated, a little paler 

 than the femora, covered with numerous short, but longer than those 

 on the middle tibiae, suberect, brownish hairs, and bearing two very 

 short brownish or blackish apical spurs ; hind tarsi longer than two- 

 thirds of the length of the tibiae, covered with numerous short brownish 

 hairs, the apical joint bearing a very few long brownish curved hairs 

 on the upper apical margin and bearing rather long yellowish 

 pulvilli. 



Abdomen apparently longer than the head and thorax (including 

 the scutellum) together, and much broader than the thorax, but grad- 

 ually narrowed behind, the anal end never pointed but very slightly 

 curved outwards. Dorsum moderately convex but on the apical border 

 rather flat, slightly shining ; first segment brownish black, with the 

 very narrow yellowish white side ; second segment mostly yellowish 

 white, but at the posterior margin with a narrow brownish black band 

 which is entirely triangularly interrupted at the middle where it is 

 broadened itself, the band slightly concave at each side of the anteriot 

 margin, from the middle ; thfrd segment entirely brownish black, with 

 an inconspicuous pale yellow middle spot which is slightly longitudinal 

 and is sometimes entirely wanted ; the following segments unicolorus 

 brownish black but slightly darker than the preceding segment, very 

 rarely a very inconspicuous small pale yellownish spot existing on 

 the fourth segment ; pubescence on the dorsum of the abdomen 

 moderately numerous, brownish and depressed, excepting on the yel- 



