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postocular spots. The occipital yellow inclosed between the vertex, 

 the black band above described, and the eye appears as a triangular 

 yellow spot on either side; the apex of the triangle is opposite and 

 separated from the lateral ocellus, and the base of the triangle is 

 parallel to the eye, from which it is narrowly separated by black. 

 That these yellow spots are in reality a part of the larger occipital 

 yellow area, traversed by the black band above described, is evident 

 only after careful examination. On the rear of the head below this 

 yellow occipital area is a transverse broken black line, below which 



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LATERAL, DORSAL, AND OBLIQUE VIEWS OF THE MALE APPENDAGES OF TclagHon mineyi. 



the rear of the head is pale yellowish. Gena above the labrum- 

 clypeus suture black, below pale yellowish. First joint of antenna 

 black, about two-thirds length of the second joint, which is light brown, 

 dark brown at apex. Eyes dull green, brown above, paler below. 



Thorax below pale yellow. Prothorax dark green above, posterior 

 lobe laterally pale yellow, hind border low, rounded, entire. Mesepis- 

 ternum brownish green; overlying this ground color on either side a 

 bright pale blue antehumeral stripe, this stripe about one-third the 

 width of the mesepisternum, of uniform width, and straight. Mesepi- 

 meron golden and green indefinitely. Metepisternum blue, paler 

 than the antehumeral stripe, and with pale yellowish and greenish 



