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Psyche 
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tip at very different levels, the lower one standing out from the 
cusp. Subgenital plate with apex only slightly tapering (fig. 64) ; 
arms of T-shaped sclerite obscure laterally. Ovipositor valvulae (fig. 
66) : first and second valvulae with long, slender stems; secondary 
lobe of third valvula beset with numerous tiny slender spines. Para- 
proctal sensorium with 8 trichobothria and 2 setae without basal 
rosettes. 
Color (in alcohol). — Same as in male. 
Type locality. — Chorroni Pass, Coast Range, Aragua, Venezuela 
(elevation 1550 m.), March 7, 1959, E. L. Mockford and C. J. 
Rosales collectors. Holotype c? , allotype $, 3 $ paratypes, and 3 
nymphs. The holotype, allotype, and 1 ? paratype will be deposited 
in the American Museum of Natural History } New York City. 
Remaining paratypes will be retained in the author’s collection. 
Habitat. — The type series was beaten from dried fern leaves in 
upland rain forest openings. 
Family Manicapsocidae, new family 
Diagnosis. — Antennae of 15 segments. Frontal sutures absent. 
Facinial tip with lateral cusp curved outward and bearing a few 
indistinct, rounded denticles. No row of denticles on anterior carina 
of first femur. Tarsi three-segmented. Pretarsal claws each with a 
single preapical denticle. Pterostigma closed basally. Vein 2A of 
forewing joining wing margin distally or joining vein iA. First 
segment of Rs in hindwing absent. Third ovipositor valvula not or 
only very slightly bilobed apically. Shades of red prominent in body 
coloration. 
Genus Manicapsocus Smithers 
Manicapsocus Smithers, 1965, Journ. Ent. Soc. S. Afr., 28:46 
Diagnosis. — Vein 2A joining wing margin. Frons (from median 
ocellus to border with postclypeus) about equal in length to post- 
clypeus. First flagellar segment curved. Ri greatly expanded near 
wing margin, forming a dark spot. Epicranial plates raised into 
knobs mesad of compound eyes. 
Type species. — M. alettae Smithers (Angola). 
Genus Epitroctes, new genus 
Diagnosis. — Vein 2A joining iA. Adults dimorphic, males 
macropterous and females micropterous. Frons longer than post- 
clypeus in anterior view of head. Male forewings only very slightly 
