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373 



316 



375 



FIGURES 372-376. Limnophilus affinis Curt.: 



372 — frontoclypeus (A),gula (B); 373 — pronotum; 374 — thoracic horn and 

 sternites; 375 — ventral margin of fore femur (A), mid-femur {B),and hind 

 femur (C); 376 — penis sheath and ventral appendages of male pupa (373, 

 376 - after Siltala). 



Mesonotum yellowish, grayish brown in anterior half; anterior margin 

 with narrow, reddish brown stripe laterally; posterior margin narrow, 

 reddish brown, brownish in naiddle; posterior angle broadly black, with 

 an oblique, reddish brown line; setae thin, dots small. Anterior sclerites 

 of metathorax situated close to median line, transverse, primary seta, 

 anterior -margin seta, and one secondary seta large, other 10—11 setae 

 small to minute. Posterior, median sclerites of metathorax indistinct, 

 with 8—9 setae; primary medioanal surface seta longer than others. 

 Lateral sclerites of metathorax with a narrow, reddish transverse line, 

 with 8—10 setae anteriorly, primary anterior -angle seta and 2 secondary 

 setae moderately long. 



Propleuron light, yellowish; pleural groove black; epimeron with narrow, 

 black outline at base, with a moderately long, brown, primary seta near 

 suture; episternum blackish laterally; trochantin slightly longer than usual, 

 with black median band, seta thin, moderately long, both setules situated 

 more basally. 



Prosternite (Figure 374) in form of pale, brownish sclerite, darker 

 posteriorly, orange -brown, with groups of pinkish sclerotized dots laterally, 

 dots less fused than in previously described forms. Horn relatively large, 

 brownish in middle. Mesosternite represented by a row or irregular 

 groups of large, pinkish dots; metasternite, by rows of large white dots. 



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