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black hairs ; the flagellum closely covered with a short, 

 stiff, microscopic pile. Head pale fulvous ; the ocellar 

 region black ; the front and vertex shining, impunctate, 

 the vertex (especially behind) sparsely covered with 

 longish, blackish hair ; the hinder ocelli bounded on the 

 outer side by a deep, wide, curved furrow ; the front one 

 by a much narrower one. Face obscurely punctured, 

 sparsely covered with long, pale hairs. Apex of mandibles 

 black ; the middle rufous, the base pale testaceous ; the 

 palpi fulvous. The frontal furrow is wide and deep. 

 Thorax smooth and shining ; the prothorax, the meso- 

 pleurae in front of the oblique keel, the mesonotum, except 

 for three large, black marks, the lateral reaching to the 

 apex, but not to the base, and the scutellum, fulvo- 

 testaceous. Scutellum smooth, except for a continuous 

 row of large, deep punctures, which extend almost to the 

 edges. Post-scutellum black. The median segment has a 

 gradually rounded slope, and is shining, impunctate and 

 sparsely covered with longish, fuscous hairs. Propleurae 

 entirely fulvous, and bearing a rather deep, curved furrow 

 in the middle ; the mesopleurae black, except in front of 

 the oblique furrow and for a roundish projection below it 

 at the base ; the metapleurae entirely black, and broadly 

 and deeply excavated from the basal third ; there being 

 also another depression over the middle coxae. Legs thickly 

 covered with pale hair, that on the hinder legs darker and 

 thicker; the two anterior legs are entirely fulvous; as are 

 also the middle femora, except at the base, and the middle 

 tibiae. Wings flavo-hyaline, the apex faintly smoky ; the 

 nervures, except at the apex, and the stigma fulvous ; in 

 front of the stigma the costa is black, and behind this 

 black part is a blackish cloud which extends to the cubital 

 nervure, the apex of the cloud being roundly incised at the 

 bottom. Abdomen deep black ; the ventral surface pale 



