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 humeral spot connected to base; scutellar spot broadly 



connected to base and suture; suture narrowly black, often 



swollen near apex; central spot usually free (see 



Variation) , almost touching suture; lateral spot usually 



free (see Variation); apical spot free. Venter mostly black 



or dark orange with abdomen and prosternum orange. Antennal 



club and legs black or dark orange. 



Head dorsal distance between eyes = 3 x eye width; 

 ocular striae reaching anterior angle of eye; vertex 

 puncture size = 1 x facet, separated by 2 to 3 diameters; 

 epistome puncture size = 1 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 

 symmetrical; antennomere XI subcircular (similar to Fig. 

 6g) . 



Maxillary palp terminal segment semicircular, apical 

 angles 90°, length = 0.7 x width. Labial palp terminal 

 segment triangular, extended on medial side, length = 0.5 x 

 width. Labial palp width = 0.75 x maxillary palp width 

 (Fig. 7h) . Mentum with plate broadly triangular, length = 

 0.5 x width, sides inwardly curved, ridge medial extension 

 acutely pointed (similar to Fig. 8e) . 



Pronotal disc puncture size = 1 x facet, separated 3 to 

 5 diameters; same size laterally, separated 2 to 3 

 diameters. Scutellum pentagonal, length = 0.5 x width. 

 Each elytron with 7 complete striae; basal strial puncture 



