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  ERNEST 
  E. 
  AUSTEN. 
  

  

  distal 
  extremity, 
  terminal 
  segment 
  moderately 
  (in 
  some 
  specimens 
  considerably) 
  

   thickened 
  towards 
  base, 
  proximal 
  segment 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  terminal 
  segment 
  below 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  fairly 
  long 
  whitish 
  hair, 
  terminal 
  segment 
  otherwise 
  clothed 
  on 
  outer 
  

   side 
  with 
  short, 
  appressed, 
  glistening 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  hair, 
  usually 
  mixed 
  on 
  upper 
  

   surface 
  except 
  at 
  base, 
  or 
  at 
  any 
  rate 
  towards 
  distal 
  extremity, 
  with 
  short, 
  

   appressed, 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  in 
  <J 
  considerably 
  swollen, 
  when 
  

   viewed 
  from 
  above 
  truncate 
  ovate 
  or 
  elliptical 
  ovate 
  in 
  outline, 
  its 
  distal 
  half 
  

   shining 
  black 
  ; 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  in 
  <J 
  clothed 
  below 
  with 
  yellowish 
  white 
  

   hair 
  and 
  above 
  with 
  black 
  or 
  blackish 
  hair, 
  except 
  proximal 
  portion 
  of 
  pollinose 
  

   area 
  at 
  base, 
  where 
  hair 
  is 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  second 
  joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  in 
  (J 
  blackish 
  

   mouse 
  grey, 
  clothed 
  with 
  short 
  and 
  rather 
  coarse 
  black 
  hair 
  ; 
  expanded 
  portion 
  

   of 
  third 
  joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  in 
  $ 
  of 
  moderate 
  depth 
  as 
  viewed 
  from 
  side, 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  greyish 
  at 
  base, 
  cinnamon 
  in 
  middle, 
  and 
  dark 
  brownish 
  towards 
  distal 
  

   extremity, 
  on 
  inner 
  side 
  with 
  a 
  vertical 
  band 
  of 
  minute, 
  appressed, 
  black 
  hairs 
  

   between 
  blunt 
  angle 
  on 
  upper 
  border 
  and 
  lower 
  margin 
  ; 
  annulate 
  portion 
  of 
  third 
  

   joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  in 
  $ 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  ending 
  bluntly 
  ; 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  antennae 
  

   in 
  5 
  thick, 
  cylindrical, 
  clothed 
  with 
  semi-appressed, 
  short 
  black 
  hairs, 
  lower 
  surface, 
  

   except 
  distal 
  extremity, 
  clothed 
  with 
  longer 
  whitish 
  hair 
  ; 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  joints 
  

   of 
  antennae 
  in 
  $ 
  as 
  in 
  (J. 
  Thorax 
  : 
  dorsum 
  blackish 
  brown 
  (<J) 
  or 
  dark 
  greyish 
  

   olive 
  ( 
  §), 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  with 
  pale 
  smoke 
  grey 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  type 
  ; 
  in 
  $ 
  these 
  

   markings 
  are 
  but 
  little 
  conspicuous, 
  and 
  consist 
  of 
  a 
  narrow 
  median 
  line, 
  commencing 
  

   on 
  fore 
  border 
  but 
  disappearing 
  before 
  reaching 
  transverse 
  suture, 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  

   admedian 
  stripes, 
  broader 
  on 
  anterior 
  border 
  but 
  rapidly 
  tapering 
  off, 
  interrupted 
  

   before 
  reaching 
  transverse 
  suture 
  and 
  reappearing 
  behind 
  latter 
  in 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  pair 
  

   of 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  triangular 
  spots 
  resting 
  on 
  suture 
  ; 
  markings 
  in 
  $ 
  similar 
  to 
  foregoing, 
  

   but 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  median 
  line 
  is 
  continuous 
  and 
  reaches 
  prescutellar 
  groove, 
  

   usual 
  crescentic 
  marks 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  latter 
  are 
  distinguishable, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  broader 
  

   pale 
  smoke 
  grey 
  stripe 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  extending 
  from 
  inner 
  extremity 
  of 
  depression 
  

   at 
  end 
  of 
  transverse 
  suture 
  to 
  basal 
  angle 
  of 
  scutellum, 
  and 
  lateral 
  border 
  

   on 
  each 
  side, 
  from 
  humeral 
  callus 
  to 
  depression 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  transverse 
  suture, 
  

   and 
  from 
  latter 
  to 
  basal 
  angle 
  of 
  scutellum 
  is 
  pale 
  smoke 
  grey 
  ; 
  humeral 
  calli 
  in 
  

   2, 
  and 
  swelling 
  occupying 
  depression 
  at 
  each 
  end 
  of 
  transverse 
  suture 
  in 
  same 
  sex 
  

   smoke 
  grey 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  in 
  each 
  sex 
  agreeing 
  in 
  coloration 
  with 
  ground 
  colour 
  of 
  

   remainder 
  of 
  dorsum 
  ; 
  pleurae 
  and 
  pectus 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  pale 
  smoke 
  grey 
  pollinose 
  

   and 
  clothed 
  with 
  whitish 
  hair 
  (latter 
  on 
  mesopleurae 
  in 
  (J 
  sometimes 
  appears 
  to 
  

   have 
  a 
  yellowish 
  tinge) 
  ; 
  dorsum, 
  including 
  scutellum, 
  clothed 
  in 
  (J 
  with 
  fine, 
  

   erect, 
  yellowish 
  hair, 
  and 
  in 
  $ 
  with 
  short, 
  appressed, 
  glistening 
  yellowish 
  hair, 
  

   which 
  sometimes, 
  especially 
  towards 
  lateral 
  borders, 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  pinkish 
  

   tinge. 
  Abdomen 
  : 
  dorsum 
  in 
  <-J 
  dull 
  black, 
  posterior 
  angles 
  of 
  first 
  (visible) 
  tergite 
  

   and 
  lateral 
  extremities 
  of 
  two 
  following 
  tergites 
  ochraceous-buff, 
  ochraceous-tawny, 
  

   or 
  cinnamon, 
  posterior 
  margins 
  of 
  second 
  and 
  following 
  tergites 
  (in 
  case 
  of 
  second, 
  

   third, 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  of 
  fifth 
  segment 
  also, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   distinctly 
  expanded 
  in 
  middle 
  fine 
  into 
  a 
  wide 
  flattened 
  triangle) 
  dark 
  olive-buff 
  ; 
  

   second 
  or 
  third 
  and 
  following 
  tergites 
  to 
  sixth 
  inclusive 
  in 
  <fj 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  marked 
  greyish 
  olive 
  or 
  deep 
  greyish 
  olive, 
  rounded 
  

   admedian 
  spots 
  (most 
  distinct 
  on 
  fourth 
  and 
  two 
  following 
  segments), 
  resting 
  on 
  

  

  