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Psyche 
[June-Sept. 
wide and short ; palpi and antennae ( $ ) as described above. 
Prothorax transverse, about 2/3 wider than long, moder- 
ately narrowed anteriorly, apex about 3/5 width of base; 
sides more or less unevenly arcuate, nearly parallel basally, 
not margined, not explanate; base lobed before scutellum, 
broadly emarginate at sides; apex slightly arcuate ante- 
riorly; basal angles acute posteriorly but not much pro- 
duced, apical angles rounded-obtuse ; disk more or less 
evenly convex, with faint longitudinal impressed line at 
middle near base. Elytra ample, together 3/10 wider than 
prothorax, sides slightly diverging in basal V2> broadly 
rounded to the independently rounded apices ; surface with 
faint, irregular longitudnal impressions or strise. Abdomen 
below with 2 basal segments deeply emarginate at middle, 
1st entirely hidden by coxae medially. Mesosternum and $ 
tarsi as described above. Length 4 or slightly more ; width 
2 or slightly more mm. 
Haiti: holotype S (M. C. Z. no. 21,785) and 5 $ paratypes 
(1 in U. S. N. M.) from Tardieu, in the valley just north of 
Mt. La Hotte (Pic de Macaya) , about 3,000 ft., Oct. 14, 1934, 
taken with a light at night in depressions on stones in the 
turbulent Riviere Tardieu. The insects were a foot or so 
above water level on stones which were dry but entirely sur- 
rounded by water. They were apparently resting, but ran 
actively when disturbed. The 9 characters of the genus 
have been taken from the following species : 
2. Pheneps cubanus n. sp. (PL III, fig. 6) 
Female only. Moderately slender, depressed; testaceous 
brown, paler below ; upper surface dull and finely and 
densely roughened on pronotum, less so on elytra, not dis- 
tinctly punctate ; pubescence fine, short, subdecumbent, 
mixed with some slightly longer hairs, not forming sericeous 
patterns in any light. Head about 3/5 width prothorax; 
eyes large and prominent ; front slightly concave at sides, 
faintly convex at middle ; clypeus very wide and short, free 
at ends; labrum distinctly narrower; antennae (last 5 joints 
missing) slightly finer and with slightly shorter joints than 
in gracilis; maxillary palpi shorter, finer, and with more 
oval apical joint. Prothorax transverse, about twice as wide 
