yellowish, weakly sclerotized; median sclerite distally with a brown, strong, 

 moderately long seta. Stipes yellow, with a reddish brown basal stripe; 

 lateral seta light brown, median seta thinner, darker, almost half as long 

 as lateral. Distal seta of palpifer large, slightly thinner and smaller than 

 distal seta of stipes, and also dark; median seta small, light, situated closer 

 to basal margin. Maxillary palp short, segments 2—3 narrow, slightly longer 

 than segment 1. Galea large, short, cylindrical, with brown sclerite. 

 Mentum. in form of wide, dark brown semicircle, shorter in middle; ventral 

 sclerites brownish yellow, with a small light seta. Palpiger in form of a 

 broad horseshoe; labial palp with reddish sclerite; labial lobe with a shoi-t 

 process. 



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^99 



500 



FIGURES 498-500. Halesus i n t e r p u nc t a t us Zett.: 



498 - head, dorsal (A) and ventral (B); 499 - pronotum; 500 - thoracic 

 horn and sternites. 



Pronotum (Figure 499) light yellowish; anterior margin narrow, dark 

 brown; lateral margin yellowish brown; middle of groove in anterior third 

 broadly golden brown; similar brownish areas laterally and at posterior 

 margin; dots large, chestnut brown, each on a small brown or brownish spot; 



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