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PSYCHE 
[April-June 
base of the antennae, mouth parts projecting considerable below the eyes, the 
large, broad palpi with a distinct covering of grayish pollen, occiput grayish, 
the rows of black bristles above prominent, with white hairs below, antennae 
black, the third joint as broad as long, the first about as long as the second and 
third taken together. Thorax a purplish bronze, covered with a thin grayish 
dust forming quite distinct dorsal lines, plurae black with a light gray pollen. 
.Abdomen also purplish bronze, with a thin grayish polcn more dense at the 
base of the segments, giving a banded appearance. Legs yellow, the coxae, 
base of the femora and tips of the tarsi black, the coxae dusted with a whitish 
bloom, the hairs black. Wings broad, hyaline with a slight tinge of brown, 
tegulae yellow, the tip black, with white cilia. Ilalteres yellow. Length, 5.5 
mm. Type in the author's collection. 
One si)ccimen from \’audreuil Co., Quebec, July 10, 193', collected by 
Mr. G. Chagnon. I have hesitated for a long time from describing this species 
from a single 9 , hoping that the S would turn up. It is, however, so very 
distinct from any of the described forms, that there can be no likely chance 
of confusion. 
Ai\^yra cildrichi Johnson. 
Since describing this sjiccies (Psyche, X. p. iS, 1904) I have had the op- 
portunity of examining another specimen collected by Dr. W. E. Pritton, at 
New Haven, Connecticut, June 8. 1904. 
