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Psyche 
[December 
and a small, white, lateral spot at extreme base, cheeks nar- 
rowly edged with brown; antennae straw-yellow, with segments 
4, 6 and 8 dark blackish brown, except pedicel and apex of 4 
and pedicel of 6, which are yellow, and outer surface of 1, inner 
and outer surfaces of 2, pedicel of 3, and sides and apical portion 
of 7, which are shaded with brown; prothorax pale straw-yellow, 
anterior plate at hind angles brown, posterior plate white, coxae 
and ventral plates brown; pterothorax with sides brown and 
darkest posteriorly, dorsum paler, brownish yellow; mesoscutum 
with anterior angle white and a dark brown blotch on posterior 
margin at middle; metascutum with a pair of tooth-like dark 
brown blotches directed posteriorly, their points paler, and 
nearly or quite touching; legs pale yellowish, with tarsi nearly 
black, tibiae broadly ringed with dark brown just before middle, 
and femora with a dark brown blotch on inner, and one on outer, 
surface; wings colorless or lightly clouded with yellowish; 
segment 1 of abdomen yellowish, with a median, pale brown 
blotch, and with the pair of small plates at base dark brown;, 
remaining segments (excepting 8-10) with a pale brown blotch 
at middle, with a white one on either side, followed by a dark 
brown one (much the largest on segment 2), and at extreme 
lateral margins, by a small pale brown one, the area in front of 
the latter white, all blotches becoming less distinct on the more 
posterior segments; segment 8 with two pairs of small brown 
spots, arranged in a transverse row, the outer pair involving the 
stigmata; 9 with two pairs of small brown spots, arranged in 
two longitudinal rows; tube dark blackish brown apically and 
at sides of base, remainder pale yellow. 
Head about 1.1 times as long as wide, broadest behind eyes, 
converging to base, the latter about 0.8 the greatest width, 
dorsal and ventral surfaces lightly reticulate (not clearly visible 
in all specimens), cheeks minutely serrate and set with about 
five pairs of transparent, trumpet-shaped bristles; vertex with a 
cup-shaped depression, the anterior ocellus located on upper 
margin of cup and directed forward; sides of head in front of 
eyes produced anteriorly to form a pair of strong teeth slightly 
overhanging outer margin of first antennal segment. Eyes large 
and rounded, very closely facetted, prolonged posteriorly on 
