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where this ends the femora become snowy white, and similar long 

 scales, snowy white in colour, project from either side. There 

 is no tarsal banding. Eore and mid ungues equal and simple. 

 Abdomen has the dorsum greenish yellow except segment four, 

 which is dark brown ; there are numerous pale golden hairs ; 

 on the last two segments there are numerous golden brown and 

 dark brown lanceolate scales. The apices of the segments are- 

 slightly darker than the bases. 



Length. — 4*3 mm. 



<£ . Head muddy brown when fresh (dark brown when dry) ;. 

 between the eyes is a triangular space bordered on either margin 

 by white narrow-curved scales and more to the front by long 

 silky white hair-like scales, which cross and project forwards over 

 the face ; behind this space are a number of white spatulate 

 scales standing upright like palisades ; the ends are not forked - r 

 passing backwards toward the nape and also laterally is a dense 

 tuft of upright scales which become darker and darker the 

 further back they are placed. 



Antennae with the basal segment dark brown, succeeding 

 segments dirty white at the base, yellowish at the apex, plumea 

 pale tawny brown. 



Palpi long, black scales at the base on their outer sides ; dark 

 brown scales over the whole of the apparent first segment, except 

 for a ring of pale scales about its middle ; a ring of yellowish 

 scales at the junction of the penultimate and antepenultimate 

 segments ; upper surface of the apical half of the penultimate 

 segment scaled with yellowish scales and all the terminal segment 

 except for a patch of black scales near its base. Proboscis 

 uniform. 



Thorax pale fawn-brown ; a median dark line and lateral 

 dark brown patches ; on the anterior margin is a rosette of long 

 narrow-curved white scales ; hair-like golden bristles ai ranged in 

 lines are distributed over it ; there is a dark spot in front of the 

 scutellum. 



Wings with the costal spots much paler yellow than in the 

 female ; the first spot is very long and commences fully two- 

 thirds from the base of the costa \ the second spot is small and 

 near the apex both involve the costa to first longitudinal, the 

 second involving also the upper branch of the second long vein. 

 At the base of the second long vein is a distinct patch of black 

 scales, and a few are scattered along the course of this vein. 

 There is another patch at the base of the third vein and another 



