thick, long, markedly (almost a third) shorter than thick, long, dark brown 

 seta 14; seta 11 thin, light, moderately long; seta 12 the same, thicker, 

 light brown; seta 13 situated inward, small, strong, seta 15 brown, long, 

 shorter than 14; seta 16 situated behind 15, light, small; seta 17 short. 

 Ventral seta 8 short, brown; seta 18 light, small. 



Labrum light brown, setae as in the foregoing species, but lighter, 

 setae 5 and 6 light brown. 



Mandibles as in A. zone 11a, Cardo forming narrow, transverse rods, 

 area between wide, black, median stripe and black, lateral half, reddish 

 brown; 1st seta in form of small, short, light spine; 2nd (lateral) seta very 

 small, thin. Submentum very thin, indistinct, pale yellowish; setae 

 . „„ moderately long, light brownish. 



Pronotum brown, its posterior part with pale, sparse, grayish brown 

 dots (Figure 215); anterior angle more or less distinct; anterior margin 

 slightly rust brown; posterior-angle spot black, with small, reddish brown 

 process anteriorly at lateral margin. Tubercles on surface in some 

 places simple, blunt, most of them pointed or bifid, with or without apical 

 spinules; posterior' margin separated from other surface by an indistinct 

 brownish stripe, its light part with small tubercles; dark stripe at posterior 

 margin broadly black at middle, reddish, dark brown laterally; process 

 at posterior angle mainly black, with a small, light, reddish brown tuberculate 

 area. Primary anterior -angle seta chestnut brown, moderately long, other 

 primary setae and some secondary setae smaller, brown; thin secondary 

 setae light, short and moderately long; small, light, thick, secondary setae 

 which are characteristic for the genus Apatania are less numerous than 

 in the preceding forms, and are situated mainly in middle of tergite. 



Mesonotum (Figure 216) brownish in middle; darker in middle of each 

 half; dots large, chestnut brown; dark area flanked by a whitish brown light 

 stripe; anterior margin with narrow, rust brown stripe in each half; 

 anterior angle light; lateral margin brownish; entire surface covered with 

 dark, blunt tubercles; posterior-angle spot large, mainly black, dark reddish 

 brown on the inner side, with a dark narrow stripe of oblique streaks. 

 Primary and secondary setae chestnut brown; medioanal seta, anterior - 

 margin seta, and anterior -angle setae (l primary and 2—3 secondary) 

 moderately long, larger than others. 



Lateral sclerite of metanotum indistinct posteriorly, brownish; 

 ^ 04 transverse band reddish brown, with oblique black striation; anterior part 

 light brown; 20—21 setae, chestnut brown; primary anterior -angle seta, 

 and 3—4 secondary setae long, larger than the others; tubercles on surface 

 small, more sparse than on pronotum and mesonotum. 



Legs yellowish brown; articulation between femur and tibia with black 

 spot. 



Fore and mid -coxae dorsally and subdorsally with dense, scale -shaped 

 tubercles with apical serration or minute spinules; small spinules situated 

 more ventrally; similar spinules, singly or in rows, on all other segments 

 of fore- and midlegs. Hind coxae with tubercles and spinules only on 

 basal part and in smaller numbers ; trochanter with only a few distal spinules ; 

 femora with spinules ventrally only; tibiae and tarsi with numerous 

 spinules. Chaetotaxy as in A. zonella; setae, except the light setae, 

 brown, rarely dark brown. Primary ventral setae of fore femur situated 



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