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blackish brown, curved ventrally; seta 1 situated anteriorly near depression, 

 forming a blunt, thick, short, yellowish spine; setae 2 and 3 transparent, 

 light, situated near anterior margin, the former a thick inward-curved 

 spine, the latter straight, short, spine- shaped; seta 4 brownish, "hort, thick, 

 spine-shaped, situated near median depression some distance from posterior 

 margin; setae 5 and 6 situated on surface lateral to median pit, thick, large, 

 brownish. 



Mandibles massive, black, with reddish brown apex; middle tooth largest 

 of all 5 distal teeth of left mandible; second tooth from ventral margin 

 largest of 5 teeth of right mandible; median brush situated distally near 

 dorsal margin on left mandible, proximally on right mandible; lateral 

 setae situated basally, ventral seta short, light, dorsal longer and thicker. 



Sclerites of cardo yellowish; median margin dark reddish brown, 

 transverse stripe the same, both setae small, light. Lateral sclerites 

 of submentum (Figure 246, b) triangular, reddish brown; seta situated 

 on small dark sclerotized tubercle, brownish, thin, moderately long. 

 Stipes yellowish; lateral seta resembling that of submentum, median 

 seta shorter and thinner. Palpifer reddish brown; distal seta brown, 

 almost as long as palp; median seta small, light. Segments of palp with 

 brownish sclerites. Galea short, brown. Mentum wide, reddish brown; 

 ventral sclerites in form of long, reddish brown rods; seta light, subapical. 

 Sclerites of palpiger bracket -shaped, yellowish, distinct. Palp with 

 brownish sclerite. Labial cone dome -shaped; silk glands with conspicuous 

 opening. 



Pronotum yellow, with narrow, black, anterior margin and anterior angle; 

 lateral margin narrow, brown; posterior margin reddish brown, with broad, 

 transverse black stripe; process at posterior angle yellowish brown, with 

 narrow, blackish brown lateral stripe; a dark brown band posterior to 

 anterior margin; a dark groove in anterior third of sclerite; punctation 

 light, distinct, forming an X-shaped median pattern, and 2 large groups in 

 middle of each half; some dots larger than others (Figure 248, A). Three 

 anterior -margin setae situated submarginally, black, moderately long; 

 anterior -angle seta also dark, longer, situated some distance from the 

 anterior margin; 2 small, thin, secondary setae and a short, thin seta 

 laterally; medioanal seta situated in posterior part of sclerite some 

 distance from median suture, long, black, longer than anterior -angle seta; 

 lateral surface seta moderately long, black; intermediate seta short, 

 thin, situated between the above 2 setae; 2—3 small secondary setae 

 medially, a short, thick, brown seta near median suture; other secondary 

 setae small, light, distributed on sclerite. 



Mesonotum (Figure 248, B) yellow, with dark reddish brown, anterior 

 margin near angle; lateral margin narrowly dark brown in anterior half, 

 and broadly black in posterior half; whole posterior margin also broadly 

 black; a wide brownish transverse stripe in anterior submarginal area; 

 a reddish brown stripe with several large dots at posterior margin; 

 posterior angle brownish, separated by a narrow stripe with an oblong, 

 reddish brown spot in middle. Punctation in form of 2 diverging rows 

 at anterior angle and groups of dots in each half; anterior third with 

 2 dots, near median suture one large, the other small. 



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