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1 and 2 gray or very pale brown, 3-5 pale gray with apices (par- 
ticularly of 3 and 4) darker, and 6-8 dark gray-brown; femora 
pale brown, mid and hind pairs with their apical thirds nearly 
colorless; tibiae pale yellowish, with a brown band at middle; 
tarsi pale yellow; fore wings clear white in basal third, dark 
gray brown in middle third, and white in apical third save the 
tip, which is dark gray brown. Head about 1 . 5 times as wide as 
long; cheeks nearly straight, rounded to eyes and slightly con- 
verging posteriorly; dorsal surface distinctly but not conspicuous- 
ly reticulate, roughened between the lines of reticulation; frontal 
costa broad, 1 . 2 times as wide as first antennal segment, the interval 
between antennoe fully 1.3 times the width of first antennal segment ; 
vertex subcarinate in front of ocelli. Eyes not prominently 
protruding, pilose. Ocelli approximate, opposite center of eyes. 
Antennoe about 2.1 times as long as head, formed almost exactly as 
in phaseoli , 4 but slightly stouter. Prothorax more than twice as 
wide as long, shorter than head and with similar reticulation. 
Wings of fore pair 13 times as long as width at middle, venation 
as usual; principal vein at base with five bristles, the first three of 
which are slender and white, the other two stout, approximate, nearly 
black, and situated at the fork ; anterior vein with two bristles 
near apex, the latter one nearly black; posterior vein with four 
equidistant bristles at middle, the second and fourth ones nearly 
black and situated, respectively, near the outer margin of the dark 
band and at the middle of the white band. Abdomen with tergites 
2-8 closely striate laterally, the striae transverse toward middle of 
segments and longitudinal at sides, almost exactly as in phaseoli ; 5 
tergite 10 without longitudinal dorsal suture, though irregularly 
weakened toward tip. 
Measurements of holotype (9): Length 0.84 mm.; head, 
length 0. 102 mm., greatest width (behind eyes) 0. 157 mm., least 
width (across eyes) 0. 151 mm.; interval between antennae 0.031 
mm.; eyes, length 0.065 mm., width 0.038 mm., interval 0.075 
mm.; prothorax, median length of pronotum 0.081 mm., width 
0.176 mm.; pterothorax, width 0.228 mm.; fore wings, length 
4 See Psyche Vol. XIX, PI. 8, fig. b; 1912. 
5 L. c., fig. c. 
