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Psyche 
[April 
Wings brownish gray, narrowed to the root; last section 
of fifth vein nearly four times the length of the cross- vein. 
Described from two males taken at Bar Harbor, Me., July 
22, 1914, by C. W. Johnson. 
This is almost like frontalis Loew, except in the formation 
of the tarsi, frontalis having the fourth joint of fore tarsi much 
longer than the third. The middle tarsi of frontalis also have 
the first joint longer than the remaining four taken together, 
and the second about twice as long as the third. 
Campsicnemus wheeleri sp. nov. 
Male: Length 2 mm. Face brown, narrow, the eyes nearly 
touching on upper part, wider below. Palpi and proboscis 
black. Front black with slight blue reflections. Antennse black; 
third joint somewhat conical in outline, about as long as wide; 
arista basal, twice as long as the antenna. Orbital cilia black 
above, brownish below. 
Dorsum of thorax shining black, slightly dulled with brown 
pollen; humeri and pleurae green, the latter with brown pollen; 
scutellum blue. Abdomen green with purple reflections on the 
center of the dorsum. Hypopygium small, mostly concealed. 
Coxae blackish, anterior pair more yellowish apically, 
with black hair on the front surface. Femora and tibiae brownish 
yellow; fore and middle femora slightly thickened. Fore tibiae 
blackish at base and tip, with two very small bristles above 
and one below; middle and hind tibiae darkened apically ;mid- 
dle ones widened and bent as in figure 1; the tip, when viewed 
from above, is enlarged, blackish, with two yellow spots on the 
edge (fig. 2). Middle tarsi black, formed as in figures 1 & 2, 
the first joint is narrowed in the middle when viewed from the 
side and is enlarged near the apex, terminating in a thumb-like 
tip; when viewed from above it is slightly tapering, not nar- 
rowed in the middle. Last four joints of middle tarsi of nearly 
equal length and about as long as the first, still the fifth is slight- 
ly shorter and has three long hairs at tip. Fore tarsi brown. 
