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Rachisoura sylvestris. nov. sp. 
Head, palpi and proboscis black. Thorax dusky brown; 
pleurae white scaled. Abdomen black, with apical lateral 
triangular creamy spots ; venter creamy. Apex bristly. Legs 
uniformly black, except the coxae and trochanters, which are 
yellow. Wings with dark brown dense scales. 
9. Head clothed with flat blackish-brown scales, except 
for a small dull grey patch of narrow-curved and upright forked 
scales on the middle of the nape ; two golden chaetae project 
between the eyes, and four black ones on each side over the eyes; 
Head of ? and apex of <j> abdomen and cf palpi and proboscis. 
clypeus round with a median sulcus, black, very much projecting 
from head; palpi thin black, with a few black chaetae ; pro¬ 
boscis black ; antennae black, with long black verticillate hairs 
and short black pubescence ; eyes silvery. 
Thorax black, clothed with dense irregular broad curved 
scales of a dusky hue; scutellum ochreous, clothed with dusky 
hat scales and deep brown border-bristles ; four to the mid lobe 
and five spread out fan-shape on the lateral lobes and smaller 
dark hairs. The scutellar scales show pale reflections in some 
lights. Metanotum ochreous: brown, with traces of two very 
thin dark lines; pleurae ochreous, densely clothed with flat 
