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Psyche 
[March- June 
stant, pale, narrow eye stripe, a large pale region above an- 
tennae surrounding a brown central elevation. Middle of 
lower front with a narrow dark brown streak. Face with 
pale yellow brown pubescence, except for bare central knob. 
Face rippled. Antennae light or orange brown, darker dor- 
sally on third joint. Arista very long, pale brown. Cheeks 
more or less bare shining light brown. Eyes spotted, of 
which it may be said that the spots are very numerous, small, 
mostly regularly spaced, rarely confluent, and usually sepa- 
rated by from one to two times their own diameter. 
Thorax blue black, shining, five vittate, the vittae dull grey 
but being obscurely shining posteriorly. Scutellum strongly 
shining greenish blue. Squamae dark brown, halteres lighter. 
Abdomen shining, greenish or bluish black, except that 
the first segment and base of second is dark brown, and the 
second, third and fourth segments are crossed by opaque 
black bands, first barely interrupted, the latter two well in- 
terrupted medially and laterally. 
Legs dark brown, apices of femora very narrowly, basal 
half or third of tibiae, and all the tarsi light yellow or 
brownish yellow, palest on the tibiae. Wings very hyaline. 
Stigma quite small. 
Length 12 mm. 
One female. Fiji; Lomoti. (W. M. Mann.) Type in the 
Museum of Comparative Zoology. 
I should be inclined to place this species in L. nitidus Wulp, 
did not specimens I have seen from Samoa agree better with 
the notes and interpretation of the species by Herve-Bazin 
and Bezzi. These I have commented on in my paper on 
Samoan Syrphidae. The more totally blue black coloration, 
entire opaque bands of abdomen, and minor differences con- 
vince me that the two forms are at least quite different 
species. 
Korinchia simulans de Meij. 
Originally described by de Meijere as a Milesia, but should 
probably be placed in Korinchia. 
Two females in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 
Java; Tijboda (T. Barbour). 
Eumerus obtusiceps n. sp. 
Male. Eyes touch for the short length of front. Vertical 
