rows of distinct dots, those near occipital foramen smaller; space between 

 dorsal and lateral stripes yellowish, less light than areas lateral to wedge- 

 shaped pattern. Ventral side with a large, slightly dark spot in each half; 

 punctation near occipital foramen less dense than in A. a m u r e n s i s; a short, 

 dark stripe along gular suture. Gula brown. Seta 15 brown, thin, mod- 

 erately long, as in A. amurensis. 



Pronotum yellowish to light brown; groove in anterior third grayish in 

 middle; anterior margin narrow, brownish; posterior margin grayish brown, 

 black transverse stripes of different length, separated; posterior-angle 

 area with black, lateral margin and 2 basal dots; posterior groups of dots 

 situated on a slightly dark background. 



Mesonotum lighter than pronotum, yellowish brown, middle surrounded 

 by punctation, and slightly darker than other surface; anterior margin with 

 a narrow reddish brown stripe near angles; posterior margin dark brown; 

 posterior angles black, triangular. 



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FIGURES 437-439. Asynarchus 1 a p p on i c us Zett,; 



437 — frontoclypeus; 438 — righ: trochanter and femur of foreleg (A), midleg (B), and 

 hind leg (C), posterior; 439 — larval case. 



Legs light brown; punctation absent or indistinct (Figure 438). Ventral 

 setae of fore femur (Figure 438, A) in form of light spines, widely separated; 



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