Propleuron wide, of the same form as in T i n o d e s, with a broad, 

 blackish brown pleural suture; epimeron little developed, brownish; seta 

 near pleural suture small; basal triangle of trochantin smaller than in 

 Tinodes, with dark, sharp ridges; its seta dark, thin and distinct; lobe- 

 shaped process smoke brown, without hairs near the distal margin; first 

 distal setule very thin, transparent; second setule double. Lobe-shaped 

 process of trochantin as in Tinodes, directed to the ventral side of the 

 head with its inner concave side in the normal position. 



Prothoracic sternites paired, rodlike, slightly oblique posteriorly; 

 the sternites touch the posterior angles of the dorsal sclerite laterally;* 

 they are fused in the middle, forming a small process. 



Mesothorax higher and broader than prothorax (Figure 5 75), longer than 

 metathorax; it is the largest segment of the body; mesothorax forming a 

 hump above the pronotum. Membranous surface of meso- and metathorax, 

 like that of abdominal segments violet pink in fixed specimens, with white, 

 longitudinal, narrow stripes laterally and with white dashes and dots. 

 Medioanal seta and anterior-angle seta thin, relatively long; a small trans- 

 parent intermediate seta and a lateral seta nearby; anterior -margin setae 

 of mesonotum situated slightly away from the margin, slightly longer and 

 situated near the margin on the metanotum. 



Pleural sclerites of meso- and metanotum as in Tino d e s, thin, rodlike, 

 with a broad, blackish brown pleural suture and weakly developed episternum 

 and epimeron. 



409 Legs (Figure 5 79) relatively short and light, without pattern. Forelegs 

 brownish yellow, much more massive and slightly longer and darker than 

 midlegs and hind legs; most setae pale, thin, many of them short, rudimentary 

 or absent. Coxa massive; articular process of basal margin as in 



Tino d e s, conical, dark brown. Posterodorsal seta situated basally, dark 

 brown, strong and moderately long; anterobasal seta similar, slightly shorter; 

 second anterior seta situated nearby, thin and small. Both anterior surface 

 setae small, light, and situated subventrally. A short yellowish posterior 

 seta and a small, light, anterior seta distoventrally. 



Posterior seta of trochanter small, thin; anterior seta longer, both setae 

 situated distally; the basal seta of the anteroventral setae situated on the 

 suture and the subapical spinelike setae light; long posteroventral seta 

 situated subapically, dark and strong. Femur slightly longer than high, with 

 short ventral margin. Distodorsal seta brown, large, strong, the longest 

 seta of the leg; second dorsal seta situated proximal to the middle of the 

 femur short, light and slightly curved; anterior seta short, situated sub- 

 apically; posterior seta situated on a ridge at the margin; relatively large, 

 light brown; both ventral setae small, light, situated near the apex; the 

 posterior of these setae slightly curved, situated at the margin, longer and 

 thinner than the subapical anterior seta. Tibia almost twice as long dorsally 

 as ventrally; its distodorsal seta dark, strong and long; subapical seta 



410 shorter, situated nearby, thin, filiform and light; anterior and posterior setae 

 straight, dark, long; both ventral setae situated subapically; one of them 

 yellowish, thin and long; anterior seta short and transparent, thick, slightly 

 feathered. Tarsus narrower apically; distodorsal seta dark, strong, 

 relatively long; subapical seta thin and transparent, slightly shorter; 

 ventral comb of spinules pointed toward the base; both ventral setae spine - 

 like, light, situated slightly distal to the middle of the segment; one of them 



* Line of contiguity light. 



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