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Length
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. Head, pronotum and antennal segments 211 reddish brown; antennal segment one, legs and six spots on elytra yellowish red; pronotum with brownish black lateral margins; scutellum reddish brown; eyes and elytra black.
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<paragraph id="E31036D3A660FFF1AD83FC65E7239CCB" blockId="7.[151,1437,434,1253]" pageId="7" pageNumber="583">Elytra broad, longer than wide, widest just before apex; scutellum pointed; humerus straight, corners rounded; apex straight, without re-entrant angle; striations broad, weak, shallow, rounded, clear towards base but faint towards apex, intervals shallow, narrow; surface highly punctated, densely pubescent; three yellowish red spots on each elytron, larger square shaped spot just below the humerus extending between the fourth and eighth striations, smaller, rounded spot just below the middle of elytra, oval shaped spot along the apical edge of elytra, not covering the apical edge.</paragraph>
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: Bengal;
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: Anand;
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: Ettimadai;
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;
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; Kashmir;
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, Uttarpradesh.
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