Mandibles black, reddish brown at distal margin; middle tooth of left 

 mandible larger than others, 2 sharp teeth and a pointed process dorsal to 

 it on dorsal blade, 2 teeth ventral to it; subventral tooth of right mandible 

 prominent, wider than others, 3 teeth dorsal to it, one ventral; brush of 

 mandible situated in middle, lateral setae situated basally, dorsal seta 

 darker, ventral smaller, light. 



Sclerites of cardo with wide, black, longitudinal median margin; lateral 

 half almost entirely reddish black, other surface light brown; setae small, 

 one strong brown seta and one light, lateral seta. Submentum brown; large, 

 median, sclerotized dots slightly darker; setae reddish brown, moderately 

 long. Stipes yellowish brown, with a small, brownish stripe basally; 

 lateral seta large, reddish brown, slightly lighter than median seta. 

 Palpifer brown, brownish basally; distal seta dark reddish brown; median 

 seta small, light. Galea reaching base of segment 4 of palp. Mentum 

 blackish brown; ventral sclerites reddish brown, with a small, light seta; 

 horseshoe-shaped sclerite of palpiger reddish brown; sclerites of palps 

 „_ yellowish; labium with rounded apex. 



Pronotum (Figure 419) yellow, with distinct, dark pattern of dots; 

 groove in anterior third brown or dark brown in middle; anterior margin 

 narrow, brownish laterally; lateral margin brownish; posterior margin 

 grayish yellow, with brownish to dark brown, transverse stripes, divided 

 by a broad light space; posterior-angle process with small, narrow, dark 

 brown, lateral, marginal band, with 4 — 6 small, densely fused, reddish 

 brown dots at base; pattern of dots and setae as in Figure 419; anterior- 

 „ „ angle and medioanal seta larger than others. 



Mesonotum (Figure 420) light, with distinct, reddish brown punctation; 

 a brownish area near anterior margin in each half and in middle of posterior 

 margin; posterior margin narrow, brownish yellow, with a short, wide, 

 black area at posterior angle; setae and punctation as in Figure 420. 



Tergites of metathorax brownish, with lighter margin (Figure 421); 

 anterior median tergites small, situated close together, transverse, with 

 6—8 setae, primary anterior-margin seta larger than others; posterior 

 median tergites larger, with 7 — 9 setae, medioanal tergite larger than 

 others; lateral tergites light posteriorly; whitish, with a transverse band 

 consisting of a large, dark dot, thin, reddish lines, and 2 brown dots; 

 anterior part brownish, with 18 — 19 setae, anterior- angle setae longer 

 than others. 



Propleuron with wide, blackish brown, pleural suture; epimeron yellow- 

 ish, with small, narrow, reddish brown stripe and a similar large dot at 

 lateral margin; seta near suture dark, strong, moderately long; episternum 

 darker, brown; trochantin broadly blackish brown at base, with a similar 

 dot distally, seta short, brown, and with 2 small, light setules medial to it. 



Pleurites of meso- and metathorax yellowish; metepimeron with brown, 

 posterior, distal part; pleural suture thin, dark reddish brown, dots along 

 suture and in transverse row on episternum. Mesopleuron with 12 — 14 setae 

 on episternum, 4 — 5 setae on epimeron; metapleuron with 13 — 17 setae on 

 episternum, 14 — 17 on epimeron. 



Prosternite brownish, trapezoidal, with dark, posterior, marginal stripe, 

 with groups of several small, dark dots laterally. Horn grayish brown. 

 Mesosternites in form of an irregular row of 8 — 10 pinkish dots, lateral 

 dot situated on a brownish sclerite. Metasternites represented by an 

 anterior, and a posterior row of 3 — 5 dots (Figure 422). 



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