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Psyche 
[June- Sept. 
curve. The wing, which I have seen in a male from Ruo, 
Nyasaland, does not differ from that of E. sepiaceus. 
Original description of E. paradoxus : “Female. — Speci- 
mens preserved in Canada balsam and alcohol are red-brown 
inclining to orange-brown at the sides of the abdomen ; claws 
black; base of abdomen with a bilateral patch of darker 
chitin, the median area of the remaining segments also with 
darker markings, but these are both irregular and incon- 
stant in the preserved examples. Head as wide as the an- 
terior part of the thorax; ocelli absent. Mouth parts rudi- 
mentary. Outer margin of eyes with a double series of 
spinose hairs. Thorax narrower in front than behind, with 
a submedian series of about nine long spinose hairs forming 
a curved line, and a short submarginal series of usually four 
similar ones terminating opposite the insertion of the mid 
legs ; posterior margins with four long spinose hairs on 
either side of the scutellum ; the last-named organ is also 
furnished with four similar hairs. Abdomen short ovate, 
almost sub-circular, with numerous spinose hairs arranged 
as shown in the figure. Venter with numerous short spinose 
hairs ; median convex area with numerous minute equidis- 
tant tubercles bearing slender spinose hairs, the spaces be- 
tween the tubercles finely but strongly rugose. Legs short, 
stout, sparsely clothed with hairs of varying lengths and va- 
rying degrees of thickness ; the posterior pair not extending 
beyond the tip of the abdomen ; tibial spine to anterior and 
mid legs stout; tibial spine to posterior legs long, slender; 
pulvillus broadly dilated from the middle outwards, finely 
spinose ; feather-bristle strongly spinose ; the upper surface 
with only one series of spines, the inner with two or three ; 
ungues very faintly and irregularly toothed on the inner 
margin. Length 4 mm. ; width of abdomen 2 mm. The ab- 
sence of ocelli in the female is rather remarkable. There is 
also an almost entire absence of external mouth parts, in- 
cluding the labial sheath ; the only indication of these organs 
being a minute truncated cone, the exact nature of which 
could not be determined in the limited supply of material.” 
Original description of E. parvipalpis : “Lange 4-5 mm., 
Mundrand-Scutellum 1.6 mm. Farbe braun in verschiedener 
Schattierung, am Hinterleib die weichhautigen Teile weiss- 
lich gelb. — Kopf breiter als lang, der Clypeus etwas langer 
