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Psyche 
[March 
black at its upper margin. Face and cheeks pale testaceous ; 
the facial depression and orbital margins with golden pollen. 
Antennae as figured, piceous, the second segment thickly se- 
taceous. Proboscis rufo-testaceous, tip piceous, less than 
twice as long as the head. Thorax black, a silver pollen 
spot on the inner side of each humerus and extending 
to the base of each wing. Anterior half of the scutellum, 
metanotum, and metapleurae covered with silver pollen. A 
silver pollinate band on mesopleurae and sternopleurae. An- 
terior surface of prothoracic coxae covered with golden 
pollen, the other coxse with silver pollen. Femora bright 
rufo-testaceous; tibiae pale testaceous, the proximal halves 
very pale ; tersi black, paler at their proximal ends ; pulvilli 
and claws pale yellow, tips of claws black. Halteres pale 
yellow. Abdomen as figured ; first segment black, rest of the 
abdomen black. The posterior margins of the first, second, 
and third segments with silver pollen. The dorsal surface 
of the sixth segment covered with silver pollen. Fifth seg- 
ment strongly constricted ; the ventral plate very long. Wings 
with yellowish brown band in veins 1-5, except that the api- 
cal half of the second posterior cell is hyaline, and a narrow 
band along the posterior margin of the first posterior cell 
(except at the extremity) is hyaline. The brown band be- 
comes fuscous at the apical third of the wing. 
Holotype ( $ ) : February 8, 1934, Eleuthera Island, Ba- 
hama Islands (Utowana Expedition) in the Museum of 
Comparative Zoology. 
It is difficult to see what are the relationships of this spe- 
cies. In the key just published by Krober (1939, Ann. Mag. 
N.H., 4 : 466-467) bahamensis might run to rufipennis Macq. 
or discalis Will., depending on how one interprets the color 
of the wings. Macquart’s species, however, has a differently 
colored head, scutellum, tarsi, and abdomen. Williston’s dis- 
calis has a much shorter third antennal joint, black front, 
and other differences. Of the North American species, bulbi- 
rostris Loew is perhaps closest. 
Physoconops ramondi (Bigot) (Figs. 1, 2) 
Conops ramondi Bigot, 1857, in Ramond de la Sagra’s Cuba, 
vol. 7, p. 808 ; pi. 20, fig. 6. 
