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Psyche 
[September 
terminalia deeply recessed and without spines. Length 
16 mm. 
Head : The face is scarcely visible in profile on upper 
part and only moderately protuberant below; from anterior 
aspect the head is subcircular and the face quite narrow. 
Palpus of 2 segments. Proboscis short and stout. Antenna 
elongate, slender, longer than the head; first 2 segments 
subequal. Third segment slender with parallel sides to 
the middle and gently tapering beyond; it bears a short, 
stout microsegment with large, apical opening and short 
spine. Thorax : The pile is scanty and fine, composed of 
long, erect, or subappressed setae; it bears a single row 
of acrostical elements, a double row of dorsocentral ele- 
ments which become long opposite the wing and beyond. 
Lateral bristles are well developed; scutellar margin with 
1 pair of stout bristles or 2 to 8 pairs of slender, weak 
bristles. Legs : All the femora and tibiae are slightly 
elongate and rather slender. Bristles moderately well 
developed on the legs; the hind femur has as many as 
20 bristles, of which the lateral row may contain as many 
as 9 or as few as 4; base ventrally with 3 and apex dorsally 
with 3 bristles. Apex of anterior tibia without spine. 
Claws sharp; pulvilli long and well developed. Wings : 
The marginal cell is widely open ; the posterior branch 
of the third vein ends at or barely above the wing apex; 
the posterior branch ends well behind the apex. Fourth 
posterior cell closed and stalked. Anal cell widely open. 
Ambient vein complete. Abdomen : The abdomen is slender 
and subcylindroid ; 7 tergites well developed in the male, 
the eighth a short flap. Eight well developed segments 
in females. Male terminalia fully rotate. Epandrium fully 
cleft; the superior forceps long, each half robust with long, 
conspicuous process ; the hypandrium forms a long, medial, 
curved process arched downward over the other parts. 
Female terminalia deeply recessed and without spines on 
acanthophorites. 
Aplestobroma avida new species 
Length 16 mm. 
Male. Head : The head is black. Ocellarium and most 
of the immediate post vertex bare and polished, although 
