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Male. — Vertex with primary punctures everywhere of third-degree 

 density, scarcely more abundant back of ocelli than on either side of 

 them. Front shagreened; primary punctures very small; punctures 

 of the lower front scarcely of first-degree density; preocellar area 

 vague, with primary punctures uniformly of third-degree density; 

 secondary punctures not apparent; lower part of front masked by 

 dense, appressed Avhite hair directed laterally; a conspicuous medial 

 impression on lower half. Antennocular distance greater than width 

 of antennal fossa. Clypeal extension with apex shallowly emarginate, 

 and with an impunctate border masked by dense appressed hairs; 

 clypeoantennal distance one and one-fourth times width of exten- 

 sion. Antenna with all segments of flagellum broadly suffused with 

 red below. Pronotum more or less masked by appressed white hair 

 directed laterally on the disk; with primary punctures small and 

 poorly differentiated from the secondary punctures which are numer- 

 ous, particularly in latero-discal patches. Side of pronotum mostly 

 polished and striate. Mesepisternum with primary punctures small, 

 very shallow, and poorly outlined, largel}^ of third-degree density; 

 secondary punctures poorly differentiated, slightly more numerous 

 than the primary punctures on upper half; with linear groove ex- 

 tending along the posterior border to subalar callosity. Scutellum 

 with impunctate apical area not as wide as the largest primary 

 punctures. Metanotum conical, with impunctate apical callosity, 

 surrounding which are primary punctures of first- degree density 

 nearly the same size as the largest primary punctures of the scutel- 

 lum. Tibiae and tarsi reddish. Tegulae reddish yellow, very thin, 

 and nearly transparent. Wings hyaline; radial cell much exceeding 

 second cubital cell in apical extension. Propodeum with areola rec- 

 tangular in outline, slightly longer than wide; longitudinal carinae 

 flattened, without grooves on outside; enclosed area polished; latero- 

 dorsum finely punctate; lower portion of sides finely striate, not 

 clearly defined from the upper rugose region; posterior aspect with 

 fine setulose punctures. First tergite with preapical band of shallow, 

 vaguely outlined punctures widely scattered in a shallow depression. 

 First sternite conspicuously convex anteriorly, without trace of me- 

 dian keel, with disk polished and sparsely fine-punctate; apical 

 groove obsolete, and lateral grooves not present. Intermediate ter- 

 gites with the primary punctures small, shallow, and sparse ; with im- 

 punctate apices as wide as five times the diameter of nearest adjacent 

 primary punctures. Length, 6 to 7 mm. 



Distribution. — Assam, India. 



Type and allotype.— QdX. No. 41787, U.S.N.M. Type, female, Shil- 

 long, India, Jap. Beetle Par. Exp. No. 202. Allotype, male, Shillong, 

 India, Jap. Beetle Par. Exp. No. 202. 



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