Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
Male. Very similar in all respects to guttata McD. but noticeably larger in size. Thorax deep blackish, tinged with brown in the pleural sutures. Abdomen with segments 2-6 and anterior portion of 7 whitish, hyaline, with considerable brownish shading on 2. In place of the lateral black dots of guttata there is a short black transverse streak in the postero-lateral corner of segments 2-6 with some slight brown suffusion anterior to it, especially on segment 2. Rear segments deep chocolate-brown.
* Contribution from the Division of Systematic Entomology, Entomological Branch, Dept. of Agric., Ottawa.