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eral niaif^ins beurino; numerous liairs of various 

 lengths, two at least being long; occipital margin 

 broadly concave; pale golden brown with broad blackish 

 brown occipital border, greatly expanded triangularly 

 at bases of the occipatal bands; ocular blotches large, 

 and a distinct blotch on each side of the front rami of 

 the mandibles extending diagonally to the front 

 margin. 



Prothorax short, with a spine and longish hair in 

 each lateral angle and four longish hairs and two spines 

 along each lateral half of the posterior margin. Meta- 

 thorax longer and wider than prothorax, almost as 

 wide as abdomen; several spines in a double row along 

 the lateral margins, some strong spines in the lateral 

 angles, and a series of ten or twelve strong hairs along 

 the nearly straight posterior margin, whole thorax of 

 pale brown ground color of body. Legs concolorous 

 with the thorax, with dark brown markings near distal 

 extremity of femur and on tibiie. No distinct sternal 

 markings. 



Abdomen slender, elongate, with nearly parallel 

 sides, with one long hair in posteriiir angles of seg- 

 ments 3-8 and numerous short hairs along lateral mar- 

 gins; dorsal surface covered with short spiny hairs, a 

 series along the posterior margin of each segment be- 

 ing composed of longer but still spine-like hairs; color 

 pale golden brown, the sutures whitish, and distinct 

 subelliptical dark brown lateral blotches on segments 

 3-8, giving the abdomen a strikingly marked character; 

 segment i' but little narrower than segment 8 and 

 broadly truncate behind; posterior margin with several 

 long hairs and more shorter ones; dorsal surface with a 

 transverse series of longish hairs. 



