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Psyche 
[December 
Head very broad, clypeus depressed in front, sex-dentate, 
the lateral teeth very short, broad and rounded ; the median 
teeth long, slender, rounded at the apex. Part of the eyes 
visible from above very narrow. Vertex with two small, 
rounded tubercles. All the head covered with a sparse and 
rather strong puncturation. 
Thorax very convex, parallel-sided in the first four-fifths, 
slightly sinuate behind ; posterior angles strongly protrud- 
ing behind ; base strongly emarginate inside the posterior 
angles, a strong oblique depression in front of this emargi- 
nation ; base gently and regularly rounded ; disc of thorax 
with a short median longitudinal sulcus on the posterior half, 
this sulcus not touching the base ; front angles acute ; punc- 
turation rather strong and sparse. 
Elytra parallel, with a feeble scutellar impression, inter- 
strise slightly convex, very feebly and sparsely punctured; 
strise rather strong, not closely punctured. Pygidium very 
convex and shining, rather long, strongly margined, the 
margin slightly angular in the middle, sparsely and finely 
punctured. 
Front tibiae broad, smooth, tridentate externally, the 
apical tooth in line with the lateral margin of the tibiae. Pos- 
terior and median tibiae compressed, parallel, broad. Pos- 
terior tarsi with the first joint nearly as long as the two 
following taken together, cylindrical. Abdomen nearly 
smooth. Prosternum with a long, transverse, slightly oblique 
carina ; the front angles slightly excavated. 
This new and very small species is quite distinct from the 
known species of the genus (and I have had the opportunity 
of studying in London the types of Westwood and Water- 
house) by the length of the tarsal joints and their cylindri- 
cal form. A general revision of the genus is much needed 
as many unidentified, and probably new, species are to be 
found in many collections and museums. 
