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Psyche 
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tooth; inner area between the teeth hollowed, base with an 
angular downward pointing lamina (larger than in tetrops). 
Antennae typical to the genus (without a distinct clava), second 
to ultimate segment anterad progressively dilated, flattened, 
shining, setose. Prothorax transversal, front margin sinuate, 
antero-lateral angles acute, sides straight and narrowing to base, 
feebly dilated in posterior third, basal angles square and slightly 
produced, base emarginate with reflexed margin; laterad and 
basad strongly punctured; disc with an obsolete median line, 
and a distant, small group of punctures, in adjacent fields. 
Scutellum nearly twice as broad as long, rounded, with a few 
lateral, fairly large punctures, apex impunctate. Elytra with 
base produced and rounded, humeri angulate, gradually broad- 
ening to middle, thence semicircularly rounded to apex; sur- 
face irregular, suture glabrous, impunctate, shining, posterior 
declivate; punctured from the scutellum to margins, the punc- 
turation much larger and denser in the humeral and lateral 
areas. Beneath black, strongly tinged with red (more so than 
in tetrops ), especially the femora; abdomen black. Legs: an- 
terior femur without the ridge-like tooth present in tetrops ; all 
femora, on lower margin, fringed with long, dense, golden 
setae; anterior tibiae strongly bifurcate, with four equiform 
teeth; intermediate and posterior tibiae with a spine in the 
distal half; anterior tibiae with interior margin setose; inter- 
mediate and posterior tibiae strongly setose on both margins; 
femora distantly punctured, with some punctures bearing pros- 
trate, golden setae (in tetrops glabrous) ; tarsi short and slen- 
der, each segment with a tuft of golden pile; claws small, 
simple. Female unknown. 
Dimensions: Length (excl. mandib.) 25 mm.; mandibles 7 mm. 
Head 13 mm. wide; 6 mm. long 
Prothorax 11.5 mm. wide; 5.75 mm. long 
Elytra 11.9 mm. wide; 13.0 mm. long 
Holotype: $ , National Park, Queensland, McPherson Range, 
3-4000 ft., Mar. 1932, Australia, Harvard Exp., Darlington; 
type no. 25,911. Paratopotype: S , same data as the holotype, 
in the writer’s collection. 
Compared throughout with a specimen of L. tetrops Lea 3 in 
3 Lea, Arthur M.: Trans. Proc. Royal Soc., South Australia, 40:272-436; 1916. 
