172 

 central spot. Pronotum with 2 free spots; 3 basal spots 



connected to black basal margin. Scutellum black. Each 



elytron with epipleural fold entirely black or orange with 



black margins; humeral spot connected to base, rarely free; 



large scutellar spot broadly connected to base and suture, 



rarely free from base (see Variation) ; suture with black 



margin; central spot rarely free; free lateral spot located 



at elytral half; apical spot free. Venter mostly orange 



with black sclerite margins. Appendages black, palpi and 



tarsi brown. 



Head dorsal distance between eyes = 2.5 x eye width; 

 ocular striae reaching 0.75 distance to anterior angle of 

 eye, often continued forward as a row of punctures; vertex 

 puncture size = 1 x facet, separated by 1 to 2 diameters; 

 epistome puncture size = 0.75 x facet, nearly coalescing. 

 Antenna reaching basal 0.25 of pronotum; antennomere III as 

 long as next 3 antennomere combined; antennomeres IX to XI 

 symmetrical; antennomere XI subcircular, narrower than 

 antennomere X (similar to Fig. 61) . 



Maxillary palp terminal segment triangular, sides 

 rounded, lateral angle acute, medial angle nearly 90°, width 

 = 2 x length. Labial palp terminal segment triangular, 

 extended medially, sides rounded, angles nearly 90°, length 

 = 0.8 x width. Labial palp width = 0.5 x maxillary palp 

 width (similar to Fig. 7o) . Mentum with plate broadly 

 triangular, length = 0.5 x width, sides concave (similar to 

 Fig. 8h) ; ridge medial extension short, blunt, projecting. 



