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some lights) and pale golden bristles. Prothoracic lobes elongated 

 forwards but not mamillated ; a tuft of black spatulate scales placed 

 on their anterior superior face, and there are also some black bristles. 

 Scutellum with the central part dark brown, black under a hand leus; 

 lateral portions same colour as mesonotum ; a few pallid curved hair- 

 like scales are scattered irregularly over it, and the bristles are brown 

 in colour. Metanotum the same colour as the mesothorax, with a dark 

 brown central stripe. Wings with the costa black scaled, except for 

 two yellow scaled spots involving the first longitudinal, and the second 

 spot involves the upper branch of second longitudinal. The first spot 

 is placed rather more than half way from base of the costa, the second 

 just before the apex of the wing. There are two patches of black 

 scales, one at base of second long vein, and the other at base of third 

 and at base of the fourth. There is a light scaled area on the lower 

 branch of second longitudinal. The first sub-marginal cell longer and 

 narrower than the second-posterior cell with its base nearer the 

 base of the wing (cross-veins cannot be made out). All the rest 

 of the veins clothed with black scales. I'riuge black except opposite 

 the yellow apical spot, where it is golden yellow. Pleurae dark brown, 

 marked with pallid lines. Legs with coxaB pallid ; fore-legs clothed 

 with black spindle-shaped scales with a purplish hue in some lights ; 

 knee-spot pale, and a few pale scales at junction of tibia and metatarsus. 

 Mid-legs the same as the front, except for a conspicuous patch of white 

 scales on the dorsum of the femora just before the apex. Hind-legs 

 have a little before the apex of femora a dense tuft of lanceolate scales 

 which stand out on either sides conspicuously ; where this ends the 

 femora become snowy white, and similar long scales, snowy white in 

 colour, project from either side. There is no banding of the tarsi. 

 Fore and mid ungues equal and simple. Abdomen has the dorsum 

 greenish-yellow except segment four, which is dark brown ; there are 

 numerous pale golden hairs ; on the last two segments there are numer- 

 ous golden brown and dark brown lanceolate scales. The apices of the 

 segments are slightly darker than the bases. 



" (^ . Head muddy brown when fresh (dark brown when dry); 

 between the eyes is a triangular space bordered on either margin by 

 white narrow-curved and more to the front by long silky white 

 hair-like scales, which cross and project forwards over the face ; 

 behind this space are a number of white spatulate scales standing 

 upright like palisades ; the ends are not forked ; passing backwards 

 towards the nape and also laterally is a dense tuft of upright scales 

 which become darker and darker the further back they are placed. 

 Antennae with the basal joint dark brown, succeeding joints dirty white 

 at the base, yellowish at the apex, plumes pale tawny brown. Palpi 

 long, black scales at the base on their outer sides ; dark brown scales 

 over the whole of the apparent first joint, except for a ring of pale 

 scales about its middle ; a ring of yellowish scales at the junction 

 of the penultimate and antepenultimate joints ; upper surface of 

 apical half of penultimate joint scaled with yellowish scales and all 

 the terminal joint except for a patch of black scales near its base. 

 Proboscis uniform. Thorax pale fawn brown ; a median dark line 

 and lateral dark brown patches ; on the anterior margin is a rosette of 

 long narrow-curved white scales ; hair-like golden bristles arranged in 



