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linear and very dense, venation as in fatigans. Border-bristles 
of abdominal segments alternately long and short. Ungues of 
the female equal and simple. 
9 . Head dark brown, with narrow golden curved scales 
in the middle, becoming paler at the sides, which are covered 
with flat white scales, a narrow white-scaled border surrounds 
the eyes, on each side of the occiput is a patch of black 
upright forked bristles and some ochraceous ones between; 
clypeus, palpi, antennae and proboscis deep brown, the 
antennae with deep brown basal joint and pale pubescence ; 
palpi short. 
Thorax deep brown, covered with short, scattered, very 
narrow curved golden-brown scales, most dense and rather 
brighter on the anterior border of the mesothorax ; scutellum 
blackish, with narrow pale curved scales and deep brown border 
bristles; metanotum deep black ; pleurae black, with patches of 
white scales. 
Abdomen steely-black, with basal pale creamy-yellow bands, 
the rest of the abdomen covered with dusky-black scales; border 
bristles pale, alternately short and long; numerous long lateral 
hairs also present; venter, with the bases of the segments, broadly 
banded with pale ochraceous. 
Legs deep brown, almost black, with a small white knee spot; 
ochraceous when denuded; hind metatarsus considerably longer 
than the hind tibia; ungues equal and simple. 
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a, Wing of ? ; b, cross-veins; c, scutellum ; d, ungues 
(fore and hind). 
Wings with the veins covered with small brown median scales 
and dense long lateral ones; first sub-marginal cell much longer 
