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 Diagnosis . Recognized by the pronotum having 2 



anterior, 2 free, and 2 basal spots, 2 free spots set as far 



apart as head width (including eyes) , each pronotal hind 



angle with or without a spot, legs orange with black knees, 



black elytral epipleural fold, free subhumeral spot, and 



central elytral band posterior extension swollen at end. 



Description . Length: 6.0-8.4 mm; Width: 3.9-4.1 mm. 

 Body elongate, widest at basal third of elytra; 

 microreticulate; yellow-tan to red-orange with black 

 markings (Figs. 29-31). 



Head color solid black to black with orange central 

 spot. Pronotum with 2 anterior, 2 free and 2 basal spots 

 forming a circle; anterior and posterior spots occasionally 

 free; 2 free central spots' distance between centers = width 

 of head including eyes; each posterior angle with a variable 

 sized spot, narrowly connected to base, broadly connected to 

 lateral margin. Scutellum dark red to black. Each elytron 

 with black epipleural fold, paler in teneral specimens; 

 subhumeral spot can touch scutellar spot; scutellar spot 

 large, broadly connected to base and suture, occasionally 

 broken by pale spots at base; suture finely margined in 

 black; central band extends from basal third nearly to apex, 

 laterally narrowed, reduced to zig-zag line in some 

 specimens, can touch lateral margin, apically swollen at 

 suture. Venter black; laterally pronotum and abdomen 

 orange. Legs black with orange central femoral band, knee 



