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Psyche 
[October 
as long as the fourth but much narrower and terminated by a 
slender stylus which is approximately half as long as the segment; 
all flagellar joints moderately hairy; declivous anterior portion 
of pronotum sculptured like the occiput; dorsal posterior por- 
tion smooth and polished; mesoscutum and scutellum rather 
weakly reticulated, the two depressions on mesoscutum in front 
•of scutellum shallow and smooth; propodeum smooth with the 
usual two diverging carinse medially, the lateral folds distinct; 
pleura for the most part weakly reticulated, the metapleura 
mostly smooth; fore wing devoid of discal cilia from base to near 
middle of marginal vein and with a wedge-shaped extension of 
this bare area along the anterior margin to about the apical one- 
fourth of marginal vein; marginal vein much longer than sub- 
marginal; stigmal and postmarginal about equal; hind coxae 
polished; posterior tarsi with the joints subequal; abdomen 
about as long as thorax, petiolate, the petiole a little broader 
than long, closely punctate and opaque; abdomen, exclusive of 
petiole, elliptical in outline, the basal tergite above occupying 
more than two-thirds of its length and perfectly smooth, the 
following tergites very short and weakly shagreened; abdomen 
beneath distinctly shagreened; ovipositor concealed. General 
color bright metallic blue or green; occiput and face below 
transverse groove black with a slight bronzy tinge, a small area 
above clypeus more or less metallic green and the cheeks bluish 
black; antennae metallic blue or green; declivous anterior por- 
tion of pronotum, axillae and pleura bronzy black, the pleura 
more or less tinted with metallic blue or green in some lights; 
coxae metallic green, all femora and tibiae entirely metallic blue, 
all tarsi pale with the apical joint black; wings hyaline, venation 
dark brown; abdominal petiole, entire venter of abdomen and 
the dorsal segments except the second, bronzy black; second 
tergite bright metallic blue or green. 
Male — Length 1.4 mm. Antennal pedicel, not quite twice 
as long as broad; ring joints very small; flagellum not clavate; 
first and second flagellar joints subequal, each narrowed into a 
short next at apex; third joint slightly shorter than the second, 
ovate, about twice as long as broad; fourth like the third but 
more broadly truncate at apex; fifth as long as preceding and dis- 
