100 
Psyche 
[September 
apex. Sides almost straight to the widest point, then 
rounding to collar. Disc flattened, with pubescence similar 
to that of head but surface more deeply microreticulate. 
Scutellum fairly small, rounded. Elytra subparallel, 0.95 
mm. long, 0.46 mm. wide at humeri, ca. 0.56 at widest. 
Apices obliquely truncate, individually rounded at the 
suture. Surface smoother than head ; pubescence moderate- 
ly dense, suberect, slightly curved, fine. Three full seg- 
ments of the abdomen are left exposed, plus the pygidium. 
These are well sclerotized and separate from each other. 
They have pubescence similar to that on the elytra but 
sparser. The first two exposed tergites are subquadrate 
and delimited on the sides by the exposed edges of the 
sternites ; both have a pair of dense patches of decumbent, 
medially directed pale pubescence near the middle, the 
patches on the anterior segment much the larger. Third 
exposed segment reaching sides of body, with only a very 
narrow edge of the sternite visible, larger than the first 
two, somewhat arched and rounded behind. Pygidium 
barely visible, the edge rounded and slightly beaded. 
Surface and pubescence below similar to that on dorsum 
of abdomen. Prosternum a flattened, hexagonal plate, with 
a point extended back between the procoxae. Mesosternum 
not expanded, forming a straight line with the medial 
edge of the mesepisternum, the lateral edge of which ex- 
tends dorsally into a narrow lobe anterior to the base of 
the elytra, this lobe following the body contour and not 
provided with long setae on its free edge. Metasternum 
flattened but quite normal. Fifth visible abdominal sternite 
truncate apically, the edge very gently excavated. Legs 
apparently normal, moderately slender, paler than the 
body except for the femora, tips excluded. Pubescence on 
legs moderately dense, subdecumbent. Tibiae with two, 
apparently simple, slender apical spurs. Tarsal claws 
slender, simple. Tarsal segments simple, the penultimate 
indistinctly lobed beneath. Measurements of metathoracic 
leg in 0.01 mm. : femur 56 X 13, tibia 54 X 8, tarsus 33 
X 5. 
Paratype $ : a larger and darker specimen, 2.35 mm. 
long to tip of elytra, ca. 3.12 to tip of abdomen. Head 
