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Psyche 
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shining and sparsely punctate, the fourth with a broad mem- 
branous margin. Length 13 mm. 
9 . Head broad, eyes subparallel, pubescence entirely 
ochraceous except for some short black hairs on the vertex, in- 
termixed with long pale pubescence, that on the cheeks whitish; 
supraclypeal plate sparsely punctured medially, closely so lateral- 
ly; clvpeus with punctures rather sparse apically, closer and 
finer laterally and above, apical margin entire, smooth and im- 
punctate; mandibles bright ferruginous apically, upper face 
rather coarsely striately punctate, outer face at base closely 
and finely punctate, polished and impunctate in region of the 
teeth, 4-dent ate, the apical tooth very long and acute, the second 
tooth shorter but acute, the third minute, the upper margin of 
the mandible strongly and rather broadly incurved between the 
two inner teeth, the lower margin or cutting edge nearly straight; 
cheeks fairly broad, closety and finely punctate above and along 
the posterior orbits, more coarsely and sparsely punctate below, 
rather shining; vertex almost flat, the punctures close medially, 
well separated laterally, becoming close again on cheeks; lateral 
ocelli about equally distant from eyes and edge of vertex; an- 
tennae piceous above, more reddish below, middle joints slightly 
longer than wide; tongue as in the male, the second joint of the 
labial palpus being fully three times the length of the first. 
Thorax with pubescence entirely pale, ochraceous above 
fading to whitish below; mesonotum dull, tessellate, the punc- 
tures small, separated medially, close elsewhere; scutellum close- 
ly and finely punctured; pleura closely punctured, the punc- 
tures fine above, coarser below; propodeum rather bare and 
shining laterally, with long dense pubescence posteriorly where it 
has fine and rather close indistinct punctures, basal triangle 
granular; tegulse ferruginous, closely and minutely punctate, 
densely pubescent anteriorly and rather thinly covered with 
short pubescence elsewhere ; wings subhyaline, faintly clouded 
apically, nervures brownish-testaceous, basal nervure beyond 
transverse median, second recurrent nervure entering second sub- 
marginal cell almost at extreme apex, the first being rather dis- 
tant from the base; legs piceous, pubescence whitish, reddish- 
brown on tarsi beneath, the middle and hind tarsi not greatly 
