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tlhan the looiger basal ones, the second longer than the first. 

 Proboscis the same color, length and general appearance of the 

 palpus. Antennae rather sparsely ornamented with brownish 

 plumes, brown, each segment annulate with white. Eyes rather 



Fig. 65 Larval mandible of C. absobrinus 



coarsely granulate, greenish black. Occiput rather sparsely 

 clothed with silvery yellow ;scales, which form a distinct line on 

 posterior border of the eyes, a sparse median tuft at their 

 juncture, and also have a somewhat linear arrangement each 



Fig. 66 Labial plate ofC. absobrinus 



side of the median line; erect black forked scales rather sparse. 

 Thorax with a median line of mixed black, golden yellow scales, 

 obsolete posteriorly. Humeri sparsely clothed with an irregular 

 patch of golden yellow scales, with a few black ones intermixed. 

 There is a submedian line of coarse hairs bordered outwardly by 



