307 process; gula light brown. Anterior -margin setae slightly coarser than 

 in Mystrophora altaica; lateral seta straight and light; intermediate 

 seta black, strong, one of the longest setae of the head; median seta straight, 



short and dark. Anterior frontal seta situated 

 near the curvature of the frontal suture, short 

 and light; middle seta situated nearby, slightly 

 longer, dark; posterior frontal seta strong, 

 black, slightly longer than anterior -margin seta. 

 Seta 9 also black, large, situated near the middle 

 of the anterior branch of the frontal suture; 

 seta 11 situated posterior to it, short and thin; 

 seta 7 dark, moderately long, situated 

 posteriorly, markedly medially to the antenna; 

 seta 8 blunt, short and light; posteriorly, the 

 dark and strong seta is situated laterally on a 

 light area near the eye; unlike in Agapetus, 

 it is longer than seta 14; seta 14 situated more 

 figure 365. Glossosoma un- medially, on the boundary of the light periocular 



guiculatum Mart. Pronotum area, is short and brownish; the small, 



light, inward-curved seta 13 situated 

 laterally near the margin of the area. Ventral seta 18 small, thick 

 and divided. 



Labrum with a sharply defined dark, almost black, dorsal sclerite; 

 setae 2 and 4 situated on a membrane, light and brownish; setae 3 and 5 

 situated at the sides of the sclerite; they are strong, black and longer, like 

 the surface seta 6, 



Mandibles slightly longer and narrower than in Mystrophora; a 

 dense tuft of short simple chetoids on a common base situated in the median 

 depression of the left mandible; 12 soft, light -feathered chetoids arranged 

 in pairs situated further basally; 13 feathered chetoids in the median 

 depression of the right mandible. 



Cardo with a short light seta; submentum grayish, with a broad anterior 

 margin and narrow, concave posterior margin; setae light brown, short near 

 the anterior margin; stipes grayish brown and divided, with a reddish brown 

 median ridge; mediodistal seta small and light; outer basal seta short and 

 light brown. 



Pronotum (Figure 365) with light yellowish anterior margin; a similar 

 light spot posterior to the dark anterior -angle process; posterior part of 

 sclerite with two large light dots near the median suture and a group of 

 dashes and dots in the middle of each half. Setae as in Mystrophora 

 altaica but darker and stronger. 



Dorsal sclerite of segment 9 chestnut brown; medioanal anterior -angle 

 and lateral are situated close together near the posterior margin, strong, 

 long and black; a short light intermediate seta near the medioanal seta. 



Dorsolateral sclerite of anal legs chestnut brown, with large, yellowish, 

 indistinct dots; a light, transverse, subapical stripe with 2 long black disto- 

 dorsal setae; outer setae lateral to the distal ligulate process of the 

 sclerite also strong, black and shorter than the dorsal setae. Both setae 

 of the wide sclerite "c," spines on this sclerite and distal margin of 

 sclerite "b" light. Claw with a narrow, transverse, membranous stripe 



334 



