291 

 elytron, and basal elytral marking resembling an inverted 



bell. 



Description . Length 5.5 mm; Width: 2.8 mm. Body 

 elongate, widest at basal third of elytra; weakly 

 microreticulate, shining; orange with black pattern (Fig. 

 73) . 



Head with apical half orange, bilobed black base. 

 Pronotum with 4 free spots in transverse line. Scutellum 

 dark orange. Each elytron with dark brown epipleural fold; 

 free subhumeral spot; large scutellar spot broadly connected 

 to suture, expanded at base to humeral angle; free, 

 transverse central spot; apical spot broadly connected to 

 suture, narrowly separated from apical edge. Venter dark 

 brown. Legs black; tarsi and palpi pale; antenna brown, 

 club black. 



Head dorsal distance between eyes = 3.5 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 = 0.75 to 1.0 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 triangular, securiform, 

 base rounded, apical angles 90° or more, length = 0.66 x 

 width, extended medially. Labial palp terminal segment 

 triangular, extended on medial side, length = 0.66 x width. 



