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chaetae golden or pale brown according to the light ; the whole 

 head presents a general golden yellow appearance. 



Palpi longish, about one-fourth of the proboscis, yellow with 

 golden yellow scales except at the apex, where there are some 

 black ones ; proboscis deep yellow, dark brown at the extreme 

 apex, numerous short black hairs ; antennae brown, basal segment 

 and second segment yellowish with some pale yellow scales. 



Thorax bright brown, with a prominent band of brilliant 

 golden yellow narrow-curved scales running across it behind the 

 head, the remainder clothed with deep black narrow-curved 

 scales of almost sooty appearance ; chaetae numerous, golden in 

 front, black over the roots of the wings, some with golden sheen 

 apically ; scutellum deep brown with golden narrow-curved 

 scales and brown border-bristles ; metanotum mottled with deep 

 and bright brown ; pleurae deep brown with some spots of 

 golden scales. 



Abdomen golden brown, the two basal segments clothed with 

 almost entirely deep violet black scales, the third with some 

 median spots of bright golden yellow scales, the remainder 

 having gradually more golden yellow scales mixed with the 

 violet black until the segments become brilliant metallic golden 

 yellow ; venter mostly golden yellow, some dark scales along the 

 apical border of the segments ; border-bristles brown on the 

 basal segments, golden on the apical. 



Legs long, hind pair very long, femora and tibiae spotted 

 with rich golden and violet-black, the fore and mid first tarsals 

 and the others unadorned, brown in some lights, pale golden or 

 brassy in others ; in the hind legs the base of the first tarsal, 

 second tarsal, and to some extent the third tarsal, with a 

 narrow yellow band, most pronounced on the first tarsal, the 

 last hind tarsal pure white ; ungues all equal and uniserrate. 



Wings large, tinged with yellow and with yellow veins, 

 scaled with yellow and brown scales, the former predominating, 

 except at the base of the wing, where the scales are deep violet- 

 black ; scales on the second and third veins mostly yellow, the 

 scales all very small, some veins apparently with only very 

 narrow median vein scales, lateral ones present, however, on the 

 branches of the fork-cells and apex of third ; at the cross-veins, 

 base of second vein (marginal cross-vein), and at the humeral 

 vein a brown spot on the membrane, the first large and very 

 prominent, the other two small ; first sub-marginal cell very 

 slightly longer and narrower than the second posterior cell, its 



