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Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes light muddy-yellow entirely covered with 
piriform silvery-white scales, and dark brown bristles except one which is 
silvery-white in the middle. Mesonotum brown: running round the 
anterior margin in front of the wings is a line of silvery-white scales, which 
near the wing are long and spindle-shaped but as they run forward become 
racquet-shaped and expand on to the dorsum of the mesonotum on each 
side forming a broad band, the pleura beneath this being covered with 
similar scales; the rest of the mesonotum is clad with rather long dark brown 
narrow-curved scales arranged in lines which form a marked contrast to 
the silvery-white scales at the sides. Under a hand lens these scales look 
black. Thoracic bristles long and stout. Scutellum similar in colour to 
the mesonotum clad with spatulate dark brown scales ; bristles dark brown,, 
those on the central lobe knocked off but from the scars I believe there 
were four bristles. Pleurae are entirely covered with scales, a most unusual 
feature. Towards the front, behind and above the prothoracic lobe, the 
pleura is of a light muddy-yellow and is covered with silvery-white flat 
scales and a line of silvery-white scales crosses the centre of either pleura, 
the rest of the pleura being covered with dark brown flat scales. There are 
the usual bristles which are dark brown. Wings; basal three-fourths of 
costa with dark brown spinose scales on its anterior edge, a row of dark 
brown median scales, and on its posterior edge a row of lateral a-symmetrical 
dark brown scales except at the immediate base where these scales are silvery- 
white, subcostal with a row of dark brown a-symmetrical scales reaching 
nearly to its apex ; first long vein clad with silvery scales for its first quarter 
dark brown scales on the second quarter, succeeded by silvery scales, 
and then dark brown nearly to the apex ; second long vein with silvery 
scales at the base then dark brown scales to about its centre then silvery- 
white followed by dark brown scales to the base of the fork cell. Just 
before the base of the fork cell there are some broad a-symmetrical lateral 
scales on this vein in addition to the double median row along its whole 
length, there are other dark scales on the third long vein near its base and 
on the upper branch of the fifth, all the rest of the veins are clad with 
silvery-white scales very difficult to see except against a background. The 
median scales are for the most part broad with notched ends, the lateral; 
only present on the fork cells and the third long vein are large spindle- 
shaped scales; the fork cells very small especially the first which is much 
the shorter of the two and is closely applied to the first long vein;; 
posterior cross vein about twice its own length from median. Legs pale 
muddy-brown, clad with a few scales and a row of bristles; femora dark 
brown above, pale beneath ; fore and mid tibiae metatarsi and tarsi clad 
with dark brown scales, is some lights coppery, in others rose-purple; hind 
tibiae and metatarsi similarly scaled, second joint of tarsus creamy at the 
apex third and fourth joints entirely creamy scaled ; mid ungues unequal 
larger unguis simple and but slightly curved. 
Abdomen .—Clad with dark brown almost black scales. On the dorsum 
of each segment at the apex is a patch of white scales much broader in the 
middle than at the sides, on the second segment nearly the whole dorsum 
is white scaled but the patch is not so large on the other segments. 
Occurrence .—Described from one male taken in my own bungalow in 
the evening. 
