14 Psyche [February 



scape black, flagellum brown; wings very dark brown, yellowish, 

 and with the viens lighter, near their bases; bod}' sparingly clothed 

 with short, sparse yellowish brown hairs. Head but little wider 

 than long, the temples broadh' rounded and the occiput weakly 

 excavated; front with a slight impression above the antennae 

 ocelli small, very close together. E^-es large, distincth' emargin- 

 ate opposite the base of the antennae; malar space short, with a 

 weak furrow; mandibles bidentate, black at tips; head smooth, 

 except for some very minute punctures on the face. Scape of 

 antennae simple, twice as long as thick; first flagellar joint less 

 than twice as long as thick; second and all the following, quadrate 

 or nearh^ so. Prothorax entirely smooth, above with a sharp 

 transverse groove which extends to the middle of the pro- 

 pleurae. ]\Iesonontum highly polished, the parapsidal furrows 

 impressed, but not very deep. Propodeum smooth and polished, 

 with a linear groove just below the small, round spiracle. 

 Abdomen smooth and shining, with few minute scattered punc- 

 tures on the second and following segments. Median area of 

 first segment nearh' as broad as long, side pieces with a longi- 

 tucHnal groove, the segment about as long as wide; second 

 segment twice as wide as long, with a large basal median area 

 that is as long as wide and reaches nearty to the posterior 

 margin, just outside it is an oblique furrow, parallel with the 

 lateral margin of the segment and not attaining the posterior 

 margin; third segment a little shorter and considerably wider 

 than the second, anterior corners produced forward; but not 

 separated bj^ a furrow; fourth and fifth segments narrower, but 

 nearly as long as the third; following very short. Hypopygium 

 cultriform, but not exceeding the pygidium. Pleurae smooth, the 

 metapleura indistinctly punctulate. Sheaths of ovipositor 

 nearly bare. Legs stout, but not thickened; hind coxae short, 

 flattened and much expanded inwardly at the base. Radial vein 

 arising at the middle of the rather broad stigma, not attaining 

 the wing tip, third section as long as the other two combined; 

 cubitus bent at base, recurrent nervure interstitial with the very 

 oblique first transverse cubitus; second cubital cell scarcely half 

 as high as long above, the sides parallel; nervulus postfurcal. 



