. Fig. 13.—Melanostoma orientale, VVicd,, frons and face in profile. shining a;neons, with soft yellowish to greyish or brownish-grey pubescence. Abdomen moderately shining black, 1st segment and anterior corners of 2nd a little more shining; 2nd segment in cJ with a pair of orange-yellow spots, rounded on inner sides, placed a little below the middle of side margins of segments; 3rd and 4th segments with a pair of large quadrate to oblong orange- yellow spots, placed on side margins and attaining anterior border butvvellclear of hind border; inner sidesof tbesespots straight, and separated fr
. Fig. 13.—Melanostoma orientale, VVicd,, frons and face in profile. shining a;neons, with soft yellowish to greyish or brownish-grey pubescence. Abdomen moderately shining black, 1st segment and anterior corners of 2nd a little more shining; 2nd segment in cJ with a pair of orange-yellow spots, rounded on inner sides, placed a little below the middle of side margins of segments; 3rd and 4th segments with a pair of large quadrate to oblong orange- yellow spots, placed on side margins and attaining anterior border butvvellclear of hind border; inner sidesof tbesespots straight, and separated from each other by a moderately broad median space ; 5tli segment wholly jcneous. In $, spots on 2nd segment often elongate and diagonally placed, or reduced or indistinct; those on 3rd and 4th segments subtriangular, ])laced on anterior margin, the inner sid(; straight, the third or outer side often slightly sinuate; 5th segment with a pair of narrow spots on anterior corners, well separated. Pubescence of abdomen in S and $ from yellowish- grey to whitish, soft and longer at sides. Venti-r black, with some pale marks somew liat corresponding with those of dorsum, E
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