sclerite and posterior-angle sclerites reddish brown; posterior margin 

 with a narrow brown stripe; unlike in P. conspersa this stripe is not dark 

 in the middle. Median indentation near the posterior margin. All setae 

 dark as in P. c o n s p e r s a. Seta 1 transparent, long, strongly curved; 

 setae 4 situated lateral to the median depression; seta 2 situated laterally; 

 setae 6 and 5 situated nearby, near the anterior margin; seta 3 situated 

 laterally, at the margin. 



Mandibles (Figure 617) of the form characteristic for the genus, long, 

 flattened, about half as long as head; both mandibles with a deep median 

 depression; upper blade of left mandible with 3 teeth, middle tooth larger 

 than the other two; the 2 basal teeth of the lower blade shorter than the 

 3rd and closer to each other; 3 long thick chetoids in the median depression. 

 Upper blade of right mandible with one tooth with a small basal denticle in 

 addition to the apical tooth; lower blade with 3 teeth. Outer setae of both 

 mandibles equally long, light, situated close together. 



Submentum (Figure 615, B) reddish brown; anterior-angle processes 

 thin and pale; lateral indentations deep; anterior margin slightly dark in 

 the middle; setae brown and thin; posterior margin and outer margin of 

 cardo darker than the other part; stipes with dark brown inner margin; 

 palpifer and palps yellowish. Mentum brown. Setae of maxillolabium as 

 in P. c on s p e r s a. 



Pronotum (Figure 618) brownish yellow; pattern as in P. c o n s p e r s a; 

 setae similar. Each half of the sclerite with a dark brown transverse stripe 

 with dots; space posterior to stripe light, bordered by groups of coarse 

 dots; two coarse dots anterior to the stripe. Anterior-angle seta near the 

 margin of the sclerite long, dark, directed anteriorly and slightly laterally; 

 a short dark seta situated slightly more basally; 2 small light setae between 

 these setae. The numerous anterior-margin setae form the following 

 groups: l) 3 dark brown, relatively thick, long, projecting setae situated near 

 the anterior margin, outer seta longer than the other two and longer than the 

 anterior-angle seta; 2) several moderately long setae, which are lighter and 

 thinner; 3) short, light, thin setae situated between the larger setae. Number 

 of setae in the 3 groups 31 — 32; there are also very small light setae. Two 

 dark thick setae on the black spot at the lateral margin, one of them long; 



430 a reddish brown seta situated at a distance from the spot, another moderately 

 long seta on the spot, near its anterior margin; 2 thin, light setae and one very 

 small seta near it; 2 or 3 short light setae at the margin between the lateral 

 and anterior -angle groups. Surface setae concentrated in two groups; a long 

 dark seta in the median group near the dots; a small light seta on both sides 

 of this seta; a small, thin, dark seta in the anterior quarter of the sclerite. 



431 The group on the lateral half of the dark transverse stripe consists of a 

 long, dark seta near the outer margin of the stripe, of 3 thin small setae 

 situated on the stripe and of a small, dark seta situated lateral to the stripe; 

 a small dark seta anteriorly lateral to the spot. 



Propleuron (Figure 618) smoke brown on the episternum; trochantin 

 brown; epimeron and its ventral processes yellowish; setae as in 

 P. conspersa. 



Legs as in P. conspersa. Forelegs chestnut brown; coxa lighter than 

 trochanter and femur; tibia, tarsus and claw darker. Midlegs and hind legs 

 yellowish; hind legs paler than midlegs. Dots near base of coxae indistinct 



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