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mental sculpture of the head and thorax is a very fine reticulation. 

 Head longitudinally striate between the frontal carinae, the sides 

 below the carinae only reticulate in the upper half, more longitudinally 

 rugose in the lower half, and in front of the eyes more or less reticu- 

 late rugose. Thorax above fairly closely and finely rugose, more or 

 less longitudinally ; at the sides chiefly reticulate. Dorsum of epi- 

 notum reticulate only, the declivity smooth and shining. Nodes 

 coriaceous, with a few feeble and uneven rugae. Abdomen smooth, 

 without striae at the base. Head a little longer than wide, slightly 

 narrowed in front of the eyes, the sides feebly convex, the posterior 

 angles rounded, the posterior margin straight or at the most only 

 feebly concave. Eyes of medium size, placed in the middle of the 

 sides of the head. Clypeus with a thin median carina and a thinner 

 stria on each side of it. Mandibles slightly shining, aciculate, very 

 sparsely and faintly punctured. Frontal carinae produced backwards 

 as fine lines almost as far as the occipital margin ; the scapes extend 

 back equally far. No trace of scrobes. Pro-mesonotal suture 

 obsolete, the meso-epinotal very shallow, indistinct. Dorsum of 

 epinotum nearly twice as long as wide ; the epinotal teeth small, 

 forming merely triangular prominences of the ends of the raised 

 margins of the declivity ; episternal lobes rounded, larger than the 

 epinotal teeth. Declivity subvertical. First node, seen from the 

 side, as long as its peduncle, the anterior face vertical, the posterior 

 and dorsal faces forming a single convexity. Seen from above, it is 

 barely wider than long. Second node subglobose, a little wider than 

 long and wider than the 1st. Femora moderately swollen. 



$ . 3"8 mm. Similar to the ^ i n greater part, the colour a little 

 darker, the tegulae, metanotum, and a patch behind each ocellus dark 

 brown. Pronotum widely reticulate-rugose, mesonotum and scutellum 

 longitudinally striate, epinotum reticulate-punctate and feebly striate. 

 Nodes rugulose, also very sparsely striate longitudinally. Moderately 

 shining. Head more parallel- sided than in the ^ , longer than wide. 

 Pronotum exposed above at the shoulders. Mesonotum and scutellum 

 horizontal and flat, except the anterior third of the former, which is 

 moderately convex. Epinotal teeth a little larger than in the £ • 

 (Deiilated.) 



$ . 3'3 mm. Ochreous ; the abdomen and ocellar area slightly 

 fuscous. Head, scutellum, and epinotum slightly dull, the rest of the 

 body shining. Head feebly and longitudinally striate, more or less 

 reticulate on the cheeks in front of the eyes. Frontal carinae extend 

 back as far as the level of the anterior ocelli. Head longer than 

 wide, widest across the middle, a little narrower behind than in front. 



