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FIGURES 301-303. Limnophilus p oli t us McL.:, 



301 - head, dorsal (A) and ventral (B); 302 - labrum; 303 - pronotum. 



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Anterior and lateral margin of pronotum (Figure 303), narrow, dark 

 brown; posterior margin with wide black stripe with space in middle; 

 process at posterior angle chestnut brown, with 3 light dots posteriorly; 

 surface dark in anterior third, without dark area in middle of groove; this 

 area chestnut brown, middle yellowish, posterior part dark near margin; 

 punctation as in Figure 303. 



Mesonotum reddish brown; anterior margin with short, dark brown 

 stripe near angles; lateral margin, with wide, reddish black margin which 

 is fused with posterior margin except in anterior third; process at 

 posterior angle with a yellowish brown indentation with 3—4 dark dots 

 posteriorly; primary anterior-angle, anterior -margin, and medioanal setae, 

 long, larger than in L. rhombicus. 



Tergites of metathorax chestnut brown, distinct; primary, anterior- 

 margin seta long, 9—10 secondary setae of different size; posterior median 

 sclerites with long, primary, medioanal seta and with 11 — 12 other setae; 

 lateral sclerites with transverse band of reddish brown streaks and 

 punctation laterally, posterior part also with several dots; anterior part 

 with 20—21 setae, including a long, primary, anterior -angle seta. 



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