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 Head black; often with central orange spot. Pronotum 



with 4 free spots in transverse arch, anteriorly concave; 



base with black marking on median half, marking variously 



widened from narrow margin to 3 tooth-like spots, central 



tooth occasionally connected to free central spots; anterior 



margin narrowly black between eyes, rarely with 2 weak 



spots. Scutellum black. Each elytron with orange 



epipleural fold; subhumeral spot shape variable, sometimes 



connected to scutellar spot and base; scutellar spot large, 



shape variable, broadly connected to base and suture; 



central black band with margin toothed or smoothly rounded, 



wide or narrow, sometimes connected to lateral edge, broadly 



connected to suture; apical spot present, size variable from 



large spot to widened black margin. Venter mainly black, 



variable orange markings on lateral abdomen and prothorax. 



Legs entirely black or banded with orange; tarsi dark brown 



to black; palpi pale brown to black; antenna brown, club 



black. 



Head dorsal distance between eyes = 2.0 to 2.5 x eye 



width; ocular striae reaching apical angle of eye; vertex 



puncture size = 1 x facet, separated 1 to 3 diameters; 



epistome puncture size = 0.5 to 0.75 x facet, separated by 1 



diameter. Antenna reaching basal 0.25 of pronotum; 



antennomere III as long as next 3 antennomere combined; 



antennomeres X to XI asymmetrical; antennomere X angled at 



base; antennomere XI transverse (Fig. 6f) . 



