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prickles on the margin; occipital margin slightly con- 

 cave; signature distinct, shield-shaped, anterior margin 

 convex, posterior margin [troduced in a narrow point; 

 antennal bands l)roa<l, intmuiited by a distinct uncol- 

 ored suture; tlie anterior extremities of tlie antennal 

 bands bend broadly in at the suture, being separated 

 medially by a narrow uncolored line that reaches 

 nearly if not quite to the mandibles; ocular blotch fad- 

 ing inwardly; temporal borders narrow but well de- 

 fined, broader just below the eye, gradually narrowing 

 till it disappears before the occipital angle; a distinct 

 conical occipital signature showing through from the 

 under side of the head. 



Prothorax with sides slightly diverging; posterior 

 angles rounding, with one short hair; marginal borders 

 dark golden brown, darker on the inner margin of the 

 border; interrupted on the posterior margin by a broad 

 pale median line. Metathorax with broadly rounding 

 sides, diverging posteriorly; three hairs in the posterior 

 angles; one long and one short hair on the posterior 

 margin each side of the long, acute, median angle; 

 lateral margins bordered with dark golden brown, 

 darker on the inner margin. Legs pale fuscous with 

 narrow dark nuirginal bands. Sternal markings con- 

 sisting of pale fuscous intercoxal markings and a dis- 

 tinct median sternal blotch. 



Abdomen narrow, elliptical; sides of the middle seg- 

 ments parallel; posterior angles with from tme to two 

 hairs; four dorsal hairs on the posterior margins of the 

 segments, two near the middle and one each side near 

 the lateral margin: transverse bands fuscous; lateral 

 bands deep golden brown, broader anteriorly and 

 extending bevond the suture into the segment in front; 

 segments '2-6 with a pale posterior border; segments 



