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Psyche 
[Vol. 92 
Female. Color: sometimes with a little white at base of 1st fla- 
gellomere; white flagellar band sometimes reaching onto 10th flagel- 
lomere; fore and mid legs sometimes with only very faint blackish 
staining, except on fore coxa; gaster sometimes with considerable 
black staining. 
Length of fore wing: 8.5-12.5 mm. First flagellomere: 4. 6-4. 9 as 
long as deep at apex. Malar space: 0.8- 1.0 as long as basal width of 
mandible. Temple: 0.3-0. 5 as long as eye in dorsal view. Mesoscu- 
tum: notauli reaching 0.7-0. 8 the length of mesoscutum. Mesopleu- 
ron: swollen area along prepectal carina above opposite speculum 
sometimes punctured and longitudinally striate throughout. Wing 
venation: radial cell 3. 5-4.0 as long as wide. Propodeum: spiracle 
2.0-2. 5 as loag as wide; cristae broadly low-cuneate to short subligu- 
late; apical trans-carina occasionally fine but sharp throughout. 
First gastric tergite: postpetiole 1.4-1. 7 as wide apically as long from 
spiracle to apex; ventro-lateral carina often sharp throughout on 
postpetiole as well as on petiole. Second gastric tergite: occasionally 
rather dull because of unusually well developed but fine micro- 
reticulation. Ovipositor: sheathed portion 0.6-0. 7 as long as fore 
wing; tip 0.13-0.18 as high at nodus as long from summit of nodus 
to apex. 
Male. Color: gaster sometimes with extensive and conspicuous 
black staining; wings in small specimens but weakly fuscous and 
with only faint metallic reflections. 
Length of fore wing: 6.9-12.5 mm. Flagellum: tyloids all fine and 
linear; 1st flagellomere 3. 0-3. 7 as long as deep at apex. Malar space: 
0.8-0. 9 as long as basal width of mandible. Temple: 0.6-0. 8 as long 
as eye in dorsal view. First gastric tergite: 0.8-1 .4 as wide apically as 
long from spiracle to apex; small males have the baso-lateral expan- 
sion only weakly developed, in large males it is as strong as in 
females. 
New Specimens Examined. 2$ and 19$: PERU, Lima Prov- 
ince, Cupiche, 26-VI-1976, C. Porter, C. Calmbacher; La Libertad 
Province, Samne, 40 km NE Trujillo, ca. 1500 m, 1 2- 1 7-VII- 1 975, 
C. Porter, L. Stange. 
Variation. Aeliopotes paitensis seems widely and perhaps dis- 
junctly endemic to the Coastal Desert at altitudes from 0 to 2800 m. 
Nonetheless, the variation outlined above appears strictly individ- 
ual. In spite of this insect’s extensive range, it shows no phaenotypi- 
cally discrete local populations. 
