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blackish or blackish-brown longitudinal stripe, which, commencing 

 on front border and occupying entire space between humeral callus 

 and corresponding admedian stripe, is continued backwards to 

 prescutellar groove, becoming constantly narrower as it passes 

 backwards, and in particular diminishing markedly in width after 

 passing beyond end of olive-bulf stripe, which itself disappears 

 shortly after crossing transverse suture ; behind latter, bordering 

 each blackish or blackish-brown stripe on outer side, is a fairly 

 broad, curved, shining stripe ; humeral calli light ochraceous-buff 

 in front, blackish-brown behind, outer extremity in each case 

 shining, pointed, and reddish-brown ; olive-buft' poUinose stripes 

 clothed with fine, ochraceous-tawny hair, remainder of dorsum of 



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Fantophthalmus splendidus Austen, ? . X H- 



scutum covered with fine russet-brown or russet-coloured hair, 

 lateral borders of scutum in front of transverse suture clothed 

 ■with dark brown hair, scutellum and oblong median area 

 immediately in front of it clothed with bright russet-coloured 

 hair ; pleurse and pectus mummy-brown, clothed with similarly 

 coloured hair, rounded knob below base of wing on each side 

 shining blackish-brown. Abdomen : first tergite black, clothed 

 with fine black or blackish hair, and having on each lateral edge, 

 a short distance in front of posterior angle, a small white spot ; 

 second and two following tergites orange-rufous (shining anterior 

 border of second tergite mainly reddish-brown, at least in case of 

 type), lateral borders black, shading oft" somewhat into brown on 



