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Psyche 
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pale red, broadly white-blotched anteriorly, more or less darkened 
exteriorly above behind white blotch; fore-trochanter and femur pale 
yellowish red-brown, fore-tibia and tarsus more yellowish; mid-coxa 
and trochanter pale red, coxa with a moderately large white blotch 
above anterolaterally ; mid-femur blackish with red-brown staining, 
especially basad, apicad, and within; mid-tibia and tarsus yellowish; 
hind-coxa, trochanter, and narrow base of femur pale reddish, femur 
mostly black, tibia and tarsus yellow; wings hyaline, with a small 
whitish area at base of stigma. Length of fore-wing: 8. 3-9. 2 mm. 
Malar Space: 0.7-0. 8 as long as basal width of mandible. Temple: 
0.4 as long as eye in dorsal view; strongly and almost directly reced- 
ing; smooth and shining laterally with sharp, medium-sized punctures 
separated in general by little more to not much less than their diam- 
eters, punctures becoming larger, denser, and stronger behind and, 
especially, above where they are reticulately confluent. Fore-tibia: 
moderately stout, scarcely inflated. Mesoscutum: shining with some 
micro-reticulation and with large, strong, adjacent to reticulately 
confluent punctures and quite strong trans-biased wrinkles along 
notauli (mostly within) and with more irregular wrinkling over a 
large area behind terminus of notauli. Mesopleuron: speculum swol- 
len, shining, often largely invaded by strong punctures and wrinkles; 
Map 1. Localities for Nelophia compsa. 
