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Radioculex clayipalpus. Theobald (1908). 
Rec. Ind. Mas. II., pt. iii., No. 30, 295 (1908). 
Head brown and grey, proboscis deep brown, curved, un¬ 
banded. Thorax deep shiny brown, yellow at the sides, pleurae 
pallid. Abdomen deep violet, the segments paler at their bases 
but not banded, pale lateral basal spots. Legs deep brown with 
narrow pale bands involving both sides of the joints, last hind 
tarsal pale. Male antennae with flaxen plume-hairs ; palpi a 
little longer than proboscis, the apical segment large and swollen, 
but short. 
9 . Head clothed with small flat scales all over, of a pale 
ochreous-grey, with brown and violet patches seen in certain 
lights, a large area of black upright forked scales in the middle 
behind, with a distinct median division ■ palpi rather long and 
thin, clothed with brown scales and some violet ones and a few 
white ones at the apex; the pale testaceous ground colour shows 
through here and there; clypeus shiny, deep brown, traces of a 
lateral process on each side : antennae brown ; testaceous at the 
base, hairs dark, proboscis deep brown, curved, not as long as 
the body. 
Thorax black and shiny in the middle, yellow at the sides, 
the junction of the two colours being abrupt, the median dark 
area has narrow-curved bronzy scales, the yellow areas shiny 
narrow-curved golden scales, in front projecting over the head 
are tufts of black, blunt, thick, curved bristles of various length ; 
over the roots of the wings and in front of them long golden 
chaetae darkening at their apices; there are also a few pale 
creamy scales forming a more or less pronounced spot in front 
of the bare space in front of the scutellum and an obscure line of 
the same on each side of it; scutellum blackish with narrow- 
curved bronzy scales and deep brown border-bristles ; metanotum 
blackish-brown, nude, pleurae pale ochreous. 
Abdomen unbanded, clothed with small flat scales showing 
brown and violet colours, with pale golden border-bristles giving 
a general false appearance of basal pale bands when examined 
with a lens; laterally the abdomen shows testaceous hues and 
there are pale scaled lateral marks running right down the 
segments ; venter ochraceous to testaceous with pallid scales. 
Legs with the coxae, the base and under side of femora pallid ; 
rest dark brown ; hind femora yellow at the apex ; with five 
prominent chaetae along one side and smaller ones on the apex, 
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