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Psyche 
[March 
cence, remainder of mesonotum almost bare; scutellum bifurcate, 
the teeth projecting posteriorly, coarsely punctate, the small 
antero-lateral areas clothed with dense, appressed, silky white 
pubescence; metanotum clothed with conspicuous, silky white 
pubescence; mesopleura coarsely, deeply punctate, clothed with 
dense, appressed, silky white pubescence; metapleura glabrous, 
sparsely clothed with pale pubescence; sides of propodeum gla- 
brous with very large, distinct punctures, almost bare; dorsum 
of propodeum densely clothed with appressed, silky white pubes- 
cence, the postero-lateral angles produced into a prominent 
tooth, the antero-lateral angles with a small tubercle, on the 
posterior surface of which is the propodeal spiracle; posterior 
face of propodeum deeply reticulate, almost bare; tegulse very 
large, conchatiform, punctured throughout with sparse, fine 
punctures, and clothed with very sparse, pale pubescence. 
Abdomen black; first segment quadrate; first tergite with 
the antero-lateral angles strongly dentate, densely clothed with 
appressed, silky white pubescence; second tergite with large, 
elongate, more or less contiguous punctures, clothed with very 
sparse, erect, pale pubescence, except the apical margin with a 
broad band of dense, appressed, silky white pubescence; tergites 
3-7 with a median, longitudinal carina, with sparse, moderate 
punctures, and clothed with sparse, erect, pale pubescence, ex- 
cept tergites 3 and 4 with a spot of dense, appressed, silky white 
pubescence at the lateral margins; first sternite with a median, 
longitudinal carina, the latter produced anteriorly into a promi- 
nent tooth; second sternite with large, close punctures, clothed 
with sparse, erect, pale pubescence, except the apical margin 
with a band of dense, appressed, silky white pubescence; sternites 
3-7 with small, sparse punctures, and clothed with sparse, erect, 
pale pubescence. 
Wings hyaline, except cell C+Sc! and the apex of the wing 
beyond cells 2nd R 1 +R 2 and R 4 , fumose; cell R 4 present; vein 
M 3 + 4 received by cell R 5 about three-fifths the distance from the 
base to the apex; vein M 2 received by cell R 4 almost at the apex; 
veins r — m and R 5 widely separated on vein r. 
Legs black, clothed with sparse, silky white pubescence; 
calcaria white. 
