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Dcsci. 9 adnlla. Tliora\ lonqil. []\ niillim. pai fe 

 coplialica autico panliulnin aiii^iislala, supiMiie 

 paullo convcxiore (jvain in aiilccedciilihus. Oculi 

 ul in pra3CC(lenle. Color. Tliorax salmale jj;risL'iis 

 vcl fuscescens, uniculor, alhido-pubcsccns. Pedes 

 thorace diluliorea, apicihus arlicuioruin picei.s vel 

 iuscis. Feniora 4 ;>iiLcrioia e incdio ad ajjiccm 

 iiigiicanlia. Abduminis picLuia saL delinila. Area 

 dorsalis nigricans. Linea media laLior, pallida, 

 per slriani nigricaiiLcin gcniinnla; anLlcc valde 

 jdilalata, liiangulmn ni;ignufn sulxi'(jvilaU'ruiu, an- 

 gido antrorsum verso, iormaL, qvod inaciilam 

 oblongam, nigram, e slria media dil;ilala, eonli* 

 net. Area duisalis dcin, in ler angulos onnies op- 

 positos, lineis transversis pallidis nolala, qvarum 

 prima, inler angulos 2:di paiis sita, dilalala esL 

 fasciamqve laLiorem oOeiL; ibiqve stria media ni- 

 gricans duplex observalur. Color barum partium 

 variat: a) in pleri,s(jve nigro-fnscus, lineis pallide 

 jgriseis; b) castaneus, lineis flavescenLibus; c) qvod 

 rarissime oLservatur, niger, lineis rubicundis. Ab- 

 dominis vitLa lateralis colore linearum dorsalium, 

 obliqve nigro-maculata; venler niger, lunulis a 

 flavis, evidenLibus. v.»\\. .' \ , 



& Adultus, long. tboracis vix ullia 3 millim., so- 

 lito modo a Temina diflerl. (comp. descr. generis). 

 Tibia3 omnes simplices. Color et piclura femince; 

 plerumqve magis ruiescens, lineis abdominis mi- 

 nus cvideniilins, fasciaqvt; antica areae dorsalis 

 tenni, nigro-niarginata. Femornm apices obsoletius 

 picei, nec nigri. Juniores uLriusqve sexirs praeler 

 magnitudinera similes sunt feminae, vel in iis 

 pictura abdominis ssepe conFusa vel indistincta. 



Habilat in nemorihus pratisqve, praeseitim 

 ad aqvas; inter Scirpos lacuum et amniura fre- 

 qventissima. (Sk. Bl. U.). Piete sat firmum, non 



