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segment, in the densely pilose head, and in the median 

 segment not being so sharply oblique. 



Head nearly as wide as the thorax ; rugosely punc- 

 tured; rather thickly covered with longish, silvery and 

 more sparsely with longer, fuscous hairs ; the antennal 

 tubercles and the basal half of the mandibles above, rufous ; 

 rounded at the sides behind, it being there nearly the 

 length of the eyes ; the scape of the antennae covered with 

 long, silvery hair ; the flagellum covered with a close, white 

 down; the third joint is a little, but still distinctly, longer 

 than the fourth. Thorax twice the length of the head; 

 black ; the meso- and meta-notum red, except the base 

 and sides of the former; the mesonotum coarsely rugosely 

 punctured, sparsely covered with short, depressed, golden 

 hairs; the median segment with a rounded slope, almost 

 oblique towards the apex, where it is black; coarsely 

 reticulated ; the base coarsely tuberculated, the tubercles 

 largest in the middle. The sides of the thorax above 

 almost straight, rough ; the eyes bearing very long, blackish 

 hairs. The pleurae above rugosely punctured; the rest 

 smooth and shining; their lower part thickly covered with 

 long, silvery hair. Legs thickly covered with long, silvery 

 hair; the spines on the hinder tibiae long, sharp. Abdomen 

 as long as the head and thorax united; deep, velvety 

 black; the basal segment thickly covered with silvery 

 pubescence; there is a spot of silvery pubescence on the 

 second segment in the centre ; there is a mark, broader 

 than long, a smaller almost square one in the centre, and the 

 whole of the third segment is covered with silvery pubes- 

 cence; the segments are also sparsely covered with longish, 

 black hair. Pygidial area longitudinally striolated, rufous 

 in the centre. Petiole beneath with a blunt, slightly curved 

 keel ; the second segment somewhat thickly at the apex, 

 and the other ventral segments thickly covered with long, 

 silvery hair. 



