2 (3). Frontoclypeus with broad, dark, lateral areas; light median stripe 



narrow, sometimes interrupted in middle by a transverse row of 

 several, large, dark dots; dorsal stripes close to epicranial suture 

 wider in middle than at end. Gula long, distinctly broader anteriorly. 



Mesonotum with distinct transverse suture 



1. M. angustata Curt. (p. 524) 



3 (2). Frontoclypeus with narrow, dark, lateral areas; light median stripe 



wide; transverse row of dots indistinct; dorsal stripes straight, 

 uniformly narrow, converging posteriorly, forming a V; a light area 

 behind fork of frontal sutures. Gula wider and shorter than in 

 M. a ngu s t at a , slightly narrower posteriorly. Transverse suture of 



mesonotum absent, replaced by large dark dots 



3. M. submarginalis McL. (p. 533) 



4 (1). Frontoclypeus dark laterally and at posterior angle, with a narrow, 



light, median stripe; dorsal stripes markedly wider posteriorly. 

 Gula as in M. angustata. Mesonotum without transverse suture, 

 with a row of large dark dots 2. M. albicans Zett. (p. 532) 



1 . Molanna angustata Curtis 



Klapalek, 1893:84— 88, Figures 22— 23. — Struck, 1900:26, Plate V, Figure 35 

 a, b; 1903, Plate III, Figure 2. — Ulmer, 1903:98, Figures 30, 62, 63.— 

 Thienemann, 1905b:530— 532, Figures 57— 59. — Siltala, 1906:38, Figure 9; 

 1907:455— 458.— Ulmer, 1909:241—242, 304, Figure 368. — Lestage, 1921:661 — 

 667, Figures 229— 232. — Hickin, 1946:55— 60, Figures 1— 13. — Lepneva, 1940:209. 



Full- 

 pattern 



■grown 



browni 



slightly 

 (Figure 



oblong 

 684). 



larva. Length 17 — 18 mm. Head oblong, main color yellow, 

 sh (Figure 682); eyes situated a considerable distance from 



anterior margin; antennae on a 

 small elevation at margin above 

 dorsal articulation of mandibles; 

 sensilla long, with a short light 

 seta. Frontoclypeus wider 

 anteriorly; clypeal suture distinct, 

 in form of a sharp, blackish 

 brown ridge. Clypeus with 2 

 large, dark dots at anterior margin; 

 frontal area dark laterally; a 

 light median stripe reaching 

 posterior angle, a transverse row 

 of several large, dark, more or 

 less distinct dots on stripe. 

 Dorsal stripes from anterior to 

 posterior margin along frontal 

 and coronal sutures. Lateral 

 stripes replaced by rows of light 

 brown, sometimes indistinct, dots. 

 Ventral surface brownish lateral 

 to gula; gula of similar color, 

 , wider anteriorly; pregula in form of a light brown plate 



FIGURE 682. Molanna a ng u s t a ta Curt. Head, dorsal 



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