2. Micropterna lateralis Stephens 



Siltala, 1904c:67-69, Figure 16; 1908b:16-17, Figure 3.- Ulmer, 

 1909:268.- Lestage, 1921:778.- Hickin, 1954:145-146, Figures 1-5. 



Full-grown,,larva. Length 16— 18 mm. Head (Figure 519, A) chestnut 

 brown dorsally, including frontoclypeus; anterior part of frontoclypeus 

 with indistinct punctation, posterior angle lighter, wedge-shaped pattern 

 distinct. Dorsal stripes replaced by transverse rows of large, sparse dots; 

 sides with longitudinal rows of dots, ventral surface with large groups of 

 dots on lighter background near occipital foramen (Figure 519, B). 



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520 



FIC7URES 519-521. Micropterna la terali s Steph. (after Hickin): 



519 - head, dorsal (A) and ventral (B); 520 - thoracic tergites; 521 - 

 larva in case. 



Pronotum (Figure 520) yellowish brown; groove in anterior third slightly 

 dark in middle; X- shaped punctate pattern and dots in posterior part large, 

 distinct; dark dots at base of setae. Mesonotum darker than pronotunj 

 anteriorly and in middle of posterior part; posterior angles broadly light, 

 with oblique, dark striation (Figure 520). 



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