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elytra. Legs short and stout, the tarsi with the second joint small and simple, the 

 third furnished with small but distinct pads between the claws. Abdomen without 

 lateral tubercles ; pygidium inconspicuous, triangular. Forceps slightly separated 

 basally, short, stout, almost semicircularly rounded and serrate inwardly in the basal 

 half. Length, pronotum, 2 mm.; elytra, 3.5 mm.; forceps, 2.5 mm. 



Type. — Cat. no. 10288, U. S. National Museum. 



This species is, in some respects, an aberrant member of the genus 

 but goes here by most of the generic tables studied. The pubescence 

 of the body is fine and short, scarcely visible with a common lens. 

 On the tarsi however the hairs are more easily seen. 



To this species I refer also an immature specimen bearing the same 

 data as the type. The pads between the claws are not visible in this 

 immature specimen. 

 Psalis americana Palisot. 



Three females, San Francisco Mountains, Santo Domingo, Sep- 

 tember, 1905. 



These specimens were taken by Mr. Busck from a hole over fifty 

 feet above the ground in the side of a palm. The hole was apparently 

 made by wood-rats and several of these rodents were taken in it. 

 Besides rats the hole contained a large number of bats and in the dung 

 and other trash at the bottom of the cavity were found a number of 

 insects, among which were the present specimens. 

 Psalis pulchra Rehn. 



One male, Trinidad, June, 1905 (Busck). 



The recently described Labia pictipennis of Bruner* is a synonym 

 of this species. 

 Psalis nigra, new species. 



One female, Trinidad, July 4, 1905 (Busck). 



Description. — Of small size. Antenna; seventeen jointed, the 13 and 14 or the 

 12, 13 and 14 joints yellowish, the rest dark brown. Pronotum quadrate, no broader 

 than the head, posteriorly well rounded. Elytra black, about two times as long as 

 broad. Wings projecting beyond the elytra a distance equal to about one half the 

 length of the latter and brown with the central portion tinged with yellowish. For- 

 ceps stout, triangular, unarmed, apically bent moderately inwards. Color uniformly 

 black above on head, thorax and abdomen. The legs are light brown, faintly marked 

 longitudinally on the femora with darker brown. The under side of the body is 

 lighter, the ventral surface of the thorax being light yellowish ; mouth parts light 

 brown. Length 12.5 mm.; forceps, 2. 



Type. — Cat. no. 10290, U. S. National Museum. 

 *Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XIV, 138, 1906. 



