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Psyche 
[June- August 
One of the bristles much nearer to the base of the tibia 5 
4. Antennae and palpi orange-yellow; third joint of male 
antenna fully as long as the width of the front; front 
tarsus of male greatly dilated, the second and third joints 
as broad as long. (North America) johnsoni Brues. 
Antennae black, palpi yellow; third antennal joint of male 
considerably shorter than the width of the front; front 
tarsi of male less broadly dilated, the second and third 
joints decidedly longer than broad. (North America). 
adamsi sp. nov. 
5. Front wider than high; bristles of middle tibia at basal 
third and basal fourth respectively; the middle row of 
frontal bristles curved upwards medially. (South) 
America) insperata Brues. 
Front higher than wide; bristles of middle tibia at basal 
third and before middle respectively; middle row of 
frontal bristles straight. (Formosa) suspecta Brues. 
Hypocera adamsi sp. nov. 
cT. Length 2.7 mm. Very robust; black, with only the 
palpi, front legs beyond the middle of the femora, and four 
posterior knees brownish yellow. Wings hyaline, venation dark 
brown. Front with a transverse carina below the median 
ocellus; above this highly polished and concave; ocellar bristles 
equidistant, the median pair larger and set midway between 
the ocellar carina and the upper margin of vertex; front below 
the carina shining, covered with sparse setigerous punctures; 
lateral bristles of lower row close to the eye, well above the 
median pair and farther from the median ones than the latter 
are from one another; upper row straight, its four bristles 
equidistant, the lateral one close to the eye; cheeks each with 
one long bristle. Antenna pyriform, the axis curved so that the 
top is slightly concave in profile; densely brown pilose; arista 
one-third longer than the third joint. Eyes not distinctly pilose; 
postocellar cilia strong, slightly longer above. Palpi small, 
compressed; with strong bristles, the apical one as long as the 
