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but slightly extoudiiiL:;, with from one to four hairs; 

 segment 8 with six long posterior marginal liairs; gen- 

 eral ground color of the abdomen, after segment 1, 

 which is transparent whitish, dark brown; lateral mark- 

 ings black, of segment 1 they are anterior and angular, 

 of segments 2 to 7 broadly extending towards the med- 

 ian line on tlie anterior half of the segments, while the 

 posterior portion is darker and more definitely angular, 

 this lateral band is deeply emarginated interiorly by a 

 light brown blotch ; the broad transverse bands are 

 darker on the anterior margin, and the posterior mar- 

 gins of these transverse bands are emarginated by a 

 pale brown band; segment 8 an even brown with very 

 narrow dark lateral bands; segment very small, round- 

 ing, of an even brown, with two long and two short 

 hairs on the posterior margin. 



Female. Body, length 3.63 mm., width .68 mm.: 

 head, length .68 mm., width .43 mm.; first and second 

 segments of antenna? nearly equal and as long as the 

 other three segments, segment 5 longer than segment 4, 

 segments 4 and 5 slightlv colored with brown; eves 

 larger and more prominent than in the male; segments 

 of the abdomen more nearly equal than in the male; 

 segments 8 and 9 suddenly narrower than segment 7; 

 segment 8 with a strong conspicuous hair in each ante- 

 rior angle: six hairs along the posterior margin and 

 eight small hairs in a transverse curving line on the 

 ventral aspect; segment '.»with one hair in each anterior 

 angle and two strong hairs on each of the two obtuse 

 points, separated by the angular emargination of the 

 posterior margin. Abdominal nnirkings limited to 

 dark brown to black, lateral blotches with pale, indis- 

 tinct stigmatal spots; segments 7 to it almost wholly 

 brown, with a narrow, distinct, uncolored median line; 

 lateral parts of segment 7 blackish l>rown. 



