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anterior portion dull and subtruncate, the stouter basal piece shin- 
ing and impunctate and with the median tubercle prominent ; frons 
with the bituberculate process present, coarse vertical striae mixed 
with puncturations, but the antennal fossae rather smooth ; vertex 
with the striae finer and the punctures sparser and large; ocelli 
in a nearly equilateral triangle, no striae back of a line behind 
ocelli; antennae with articles of basal half of flagellum rather 

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Fig. 13. Methoca monticola, 9, X 13. 
fusiform, article 3 a very little longer than 4. Prothorax 
polished, with a few scattered punctures ; dorsum of cervical part 
anteriorly with some transverse striae and posteriorly with some 
short longitudinal ones. The small scutum has 3-4 sublongitudi- 
nal carinae; scutellum, rest of thorax and propodeum polished, 
with only a few scattered punctures. Abdomen smooth and pol- 
ished and almost impunctate. Sparsely clothed with pale erect 
hairs and fewer darker ones, especially on dorsum of head and 
thorax. 
