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ored with pale brown, a sliort prickle at the base; an- 

 teiiiue small, of the same golden brown as the head, 

 with slightly darker markings; eye inconspicuous, with 

 two short ] trickles and an ocular fleck; temples 

 rounded, with two long hairs and several prickles; occip- 

 ital margin straight; clypeal signature broadly shield- 

 shaped, sides constricted anteriorly, with posterior 

 angle reaching almost to the mandibles; the quadran- 

 gular space in the middle of the signature is slightly 

 darker than the most anterior portion; antennal bands 

 interrupted by the suture, the bands turning in at the 

 suture, nearly meeting on the median line, the bands 

 themselves becoming narrow and acuminate; the pos- 

 terior ends of the antennal bands bend in and back till 

 they meet the dark blotch caused by the mandibles 

 showing through the head; ocular blotches distinct; 

 temporal borders narrow, occipital bands distinct, 

 slightly diverging anteriorly; occipital border not ex- 

 tending to the sides of the head. 



Prothorax broad, with sides diverging; posterior 

 angles rounding; lateral borders dark, extending in 

 along the posterior margin. Metathorax pentagonal, 

 sides strongly divergent, posterior margin angular, 

 with slightly rounding tij) on the abdomen; one short 

 prickle and ouc long i)ustulated hair in the posterior 

 angles, three ]>ustulated hairs each side of the posterior 

 marginal angle; segment pale in the middle, growing 

 darker laterally and posteriorly. Legs of the same 

 golden brown as the thorax, darker lateral borders and 

 annulations, claws also dark. Sternal markings consist 

 of dark brown intercoxal lines and a pale median 

 metathoracic blotch. 



Abdomen broadly ovate, turbinated; segments 2 to 

 7 with prominent posterior angles, each bearing 



