Tergites of metathorax chestnut brown, distinct. Chaetotaxy of thorax as 

 in preceding species. 



Prosternite (Figure 317) large, mainly light, with thickened, dark brown, 

 median and lateral areas posteriorly, and with numerous, dense dots. Horn 

 thin, long, dark. Mesosternites represented by large, oblique, brown plates 

 with 5—6 large, dark dots. Metasternites brownish, with 4—5 pale dots 

 (Figure 317). 



FIGURE 318. Limnophilus flav i cornis Fabr. 

 Right trochanter and femur of the foreleg (A), midleg 

 (B) and hind leg (C), posterior 



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Posterior primary seta of fore femur situated subventrally, as in 

 L. r homb i c u s, between 2 primary ventral setae; chaetotaxy of mid- and 

 hind femora as in Figure 318. Hind trochanter with moderately long, 

 posterior, primary seta and 4—5 small, secondary setae. 



Lateral line on segments 3— 8, with small, brown, hair like spinules; 

 segment 8 with very small hairlike spinules. Gills on segments 2—8. 



Tergite of segment 9 light brown with indistinct punctation anteriorly, 

 lighter, yellowish in other parts; medioanal setae long, dark brown; 

 anterior -angle setae slightly shorter and thinner; intermediate seta, and 

 lateral seta short, thin, of same length; seta between medioanal setae 

 situated about in middle, thin, moderately long; several short, thin, and 

 small setae situated subapically and on surface. 



Sclerite "b" brown, with 3 large, black setae distally : a thick, long, median 

 seta, a similar seta nearby, and a shorter, thinner, lateral seta; median 

 margin with smaller setae, one large, moderately long, and 2 dark short 



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