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Psyche 
[Mar. 
stripe upon the face which is blackish, a distinct wide 
stripe from eye margin to epistoma and the posterior 
half of the cheeks are black. Face with yellowish white 
pile and the yellow pollen is restricted to the area below 
the antennae. The front is black with only a little pollen 
along the eye margins ; its pile is yellowish. The pile of 
the vertex is black. The eyes are not flattened but the 
upper facets are considerably enlarged and thickly dark 
reddish brown pilose ; the pile extends more thinly almost 
to the bottom of the eye. The antennae are light brown, 
the arista yellowish but black apically with about fifteen 
short rays. Thorax: the mesonotnm and scutellum are 
shining black, the former with rather distinct purplish 
reflections which are not opalescent. The scutellum is 
slightly opalescent in reflection with a strong, complete, 
transverse, preapical depression which is microgranu- 
late. The post calli and humeri are light brown ; pleura 
black and black pilose. The mesonotal pile and scutellar 
pile black but with some scattered shorter yellow pile on 
the mesonotnm which extends almost to the scutellum and 
is not arranged in rows. The bristles of the thorax are 
black ; there is one bristle on the mesoplenra, two on the 
notopleura, three above the wing, two upon the post calli, 
none in front of the scutellum and eight upon the scutel- 
lar margin. Squamae very dark sepia throughout. Legs : 
the femora are black becoming obscurely dark reddish 
brown near the apex ; the tibiae are black, very narrowly 
reddish sepia at the base of the first and second pairs. 
Anterior tarsi black, their basitarsi brown upon the sides. 
Middle tarsi black with the basitarsi brown. First two 
segments of hind tarsi rather light reddish brown, the 
remaining segments black. Pile of legs black, reddish 
however, beneath the hind tarsi. Wings: very strongly 
tinged with yellowish brown especially upon the anterior 
half from which it fades and becomes paler and less yel- 
lowish posteriorly. The whole stigmal cell is rather 
deep brownish yellow beyond the end of the costal cell 
and with a slightly darker brown spot across this cell 
at the end of the costa. There are deep, distinct, small 
brownish spots on the anterior cross vein, the base of the 
