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 Head orange with black epistome margin and spot on 



vertex. Pronotum with 4 free spots in anteriorly concave 



arch. Scutellum dark orange, often with blackened edges. 



Each elytron with orange epipleural fold; subhumeral spot 



elongate, connected to base, fused to scutellar spot or 



touching only at middle; scutellar spot large, broadly 



connected to base and suture; central band widest at suture, 



can touch lateral margin; apical spot large and well defined 



or small, broadly connected to suture and apex. Venter 



black; pronotal epipleuron and lateral abdominal sternites 



orange. Legs black; palpi pale brown. 



Head dorsal distance between eyes = 2.2 x eye width; 

 ocular striae reaching 0.75 distance to anterior angle of 

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

 diameters; epistome puncture size = 0.5 x facets, separated 

 by 0.5 to 1 diameter. Antenna reaching base of pronotum; 

 antennomere III as long as next 3 antennomere combined; 

 antennomeres IX to XI symmetrical, sometimes appearing 

 asymmetrical; antennomere XI oval, transverse (similar to 

 Fig. 6i) . 



Maxillary palp terminal segment triangular, swollen, 

 securiform, basally rounded, apical angles 90° or more, 

 length = 0.66 x width (see Variation) . Labial palp terminal 

 segment triangular, extended on medial side, length = 0.66 

 width. Labial palp width = 0.8 x maxillary palp width 

 (similar to Fig. 7e) . Mentum with plate triangular, length 



