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clypeus white, strongly punctured, sparsely covered with 

 long, fuscous hair ; the mandibles deep black ; the palpi 

 white ; the clypeus broadly depressed in the middle. The 

 front slightly depressed, smooth ; the orbits sharply 

 margined on the inner side ; the vertex on the sides 

 behind strongly punctured. The occiput sharply mar- 

 gined above ; raised in the middle, closely punctured. 

 Thorax rufous, above covered with fuscous, the sides with 

 longer white, hair ; elongate, fully three times as long as 

 the head ; the metathorax large, and with a gradual slope 

 to the apex. The middle lobe of the mesonotum small, 

 triangular, not narrowed at the apex, where it is trans- 

 versely striated, roundly raised and distinctly separated 

 from the lateral ; closely punctured ; the bordering furrows 

 crenulated ; the lateral lobes strongly punctured ; the 

 middle to near the apex stoutly reticulated. Scutellum 

 punctured, irregularly reticulated in the middle ; its apex 

 obscure yellow, its border margined on the lower side. 

 Postscutellum coarsely punctured, the base smooth and 

 with an oblique slope, rufous ; the rest pallid yellow like 

 the scutellum. Median segment irregularly transversely 

 .striated, the basal three-fourths with a shallow furrow 

 down the middle ; the apex is pale yellow, with a trans- 

 verse keel near the base of the yellow part. Propleurae 

 smooth ; the apex near the tegulae punctured ; the lower 

 part with a purple tinge ; the prosternum yellowish. 

 Mesopleurae punctured ; the base above and the middle 

 irregularly striated, the former obliquely. Below the 

 middle of the tubercles is a wide, oblique furrow, which 

 becomes narrowed towards the apex ; the part below this 

 is raised ; at its apex is a smooth space. Mesopleurae 

 punctured, the centre smooth, with a narrow furrow down 

 •it. Metapleurse rugosely punctured ; the upper part 

 especially towards the apex. The four anterior legs are 



