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Psyche 
[February 
brownish beneath, second joint with a large black spot beneath; 
middle and hind tarsi not dilated but distinctly ivory colored. 
Abdomen somewhat parallel-sided, finely and closely punc- 
tured, black pubescent, the pubescence of segment 1 entirely 
white, and segments 1-5 with entire white apical fasciae; segment 
6 with dorsal surface vertical in position, rugoso-punctate above 
the carina, the carina with a conspicuous rounded emargination, 
otherwise entire, apical margin slightly carinate on either side of 
middle, and with a small but sharp lateral tooth on each side 
beyond the carina; four ventral segments visible, these shining 
and sparsely punctured. Length 9 mm. 
$ . Head broad, eyes slightly converging below; supra- 
clyeal plate and clypeus coarsely punctate, rather sparsely so 
medially, the clypeus with an impunctate median line, the apical 
margin slightly denticulate, pubescence very thin and pale; 
mandibles broad, reddish apically, sparsely punctate above, 
conspicuously 4-dentate, a straight cutting edge between the 
two inner teeth, and another between the two middle teeth, the 
latter ending abruptly about half way between them; cheeks 
narrow, closely punctate and quite densely pubescent, the pubes- 
cence yellowish-white; vertex fiat, deeply punctured, the punc- 
tures well separated, pubescence black; lateral ocelli much nearer 
the edge of the vertex than to the nearest eye; front below ocelli 
densely punctate; antennae piceous above, red below, the middle 
joints slightly longer than broad; pubescence yellowish- white on 
face, some short inconspicuous black hairs on supraclypeal area. 
Thorax black pubescent above, pale ochraceous at sides, 
below and behind; mesonotum finely punctate, punctures sep- 
arate medially, close laterally and posteriorly, with two lateral 
anterior patches of dense ochraceous pubescence, a spot of the 
same color just back of the tegulae, and the scutello-mesothoracic 
suture lined with it; scutellum long black pubescent across 
middle, with short dense pale pubescence behind, finely and 
rather closely punctate; pleura closely and finely punctate above, 
more coarsely and sparsely so below; propodeum granular, 
punctures indistinct; tegulse black, closely and finely punctate; 
wings pale fuliginous, somewhat darker apically, nervures yel- 
lowish brown, the second recurrent nervure entering the second 
