20 Psyche [February 
Head much as in clavata, the median spine arising more pos- 
teriorly, between the eyes. Antenne minutely pubescent, very 
slender, longer than head and pronotum together; first segment 
oblong, about as thick as the eye is wide as seen from above, 
second segment smaller, evenly enlarged toward apex, third very 
long and slender, thinner than the second, cylindrical, with an 
almost imperceptible enlargement at extreme apex, almost or 
quite straight, apex oblique; fourth as long as the first and second 
together, very slightly 
thicker than the third, fusi- 
form but not quite regular 
in shape. Pronotal hood 
roof-like, a little more 
elevated than in clavata; 
convexity of pronotum 
bounded posteriorly by a 
continuous transverse im- 
pression; carine very low, 
uniseriate; paranota_ re- 
flexed closely against pro- 
B notal surface. Costal mar- 
gin of hemielytra slightly 
A Y curved in male, more 
strongly so in female; costal 
area broader behind middle, 
irregularly reticulate, uni- 
seriate anteriorly, biseriate 
at middle, triseriate behind 
middle, uniseriate at ex- 
treme apex; subcostal area almost perfectly and regularly biseri- 
ate; discoidal area a little more sinuate exteriorly than in clavata, 
extending much beyond middle of hemielytra; sutural area with 
larger areoles at apex and along inner margin. Legs and struc- 
tures of ventral aspect much as in clavata, except that the bucculz 
are more rounded ventrally, rostrum extends beyond hind coxe, 
and the female genitalia encroach farther upon the disc of the 
abdomen. Wings extending beyond apex of abdomen. Form 
broader than in clavata, male narrower than the female. Length 
o 5.4mm. © 5.5 mm.; width o 1.5 mm., © 1yemmn, 
Fig. 1. Antenne; A, Melanorhopala in- 
fuscata sp. nov.; B, Alveotingis grossocerata 
O.&D 
