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Psyche 
[December 
This species is very similar to Curran’s species circe but 
is distinct I believe, in the different maculation of scutellum 
and abdomen. 
Graptomyza flavorhyncha n. sp. (Plate 10, Fig. 6, 7, 9) 
Male. Length 6.5 mm. 
Head : sides of face and front parallel. Upper half of 
front and vertex shining black with a gentle concavity on 
the former marked by a lunulate depression on either side. 
Front above antennae pale yellow. Cone of face long and 
slender, acute, marked by a narrow shining brown median 
stripe reaching antennal base; cheeks shining brown. Re- 
mainder of face shining pale yellow, vitreus. First and 
second joint of antennae very short, third very long, flat- 
tened, tapering quickly from apex to a dorsal point, its upper 
margin narrowly brown. Remainder of antennae light 
orange brown. Arista slender, long, short pilose, black on 
apical half, yellow basally. Thorax : and pleurae shining 
dark brown. Humeri and the front of thorax to and includ- 
ing coxae, a dorsally confluent spot on anterior mesopleurae 
in front of wing, lateral calli and a thoracic band before 
scutellum light yellow. Pile very short, erect, sparse, pale. 
Scutellum light brown, darker apically, with a curious and 
perfect oval depression lying transversely, its rim posterior- 
ly short pilose, the margin of the scutellum with a few long 
black bristles, similar to others on post calli and sides of 
thorax. Halteres and squamae yellow. Abdomen: light 
brownish yellow, subtranslucent, with a wide but dorsally 
invisible black, continuous, lateral margin. The following 
black markings occur on the abdomen : the apical border 
bands on the second and third segments, the anterior edges 
of which are trimammillate, a median wedge and a posterior 
point on the fourth segment, together with a rounded dash- 
like spot on either side of this segment. First segment 
wholly yellow. Abdomen very convex. Legs: light brown, 
the narrow base of all femora, apical half of fore tibiae, me- 
dian band of mid and hind tibiae and fore and mid tarsi black. 
Hind basitarsi simple. Wings: uniformly yellowish brown. 
No spurs. 
One male, Mainit River, Mt. Apo, Mindanao, Phillipine 
