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Psyche 
[Mar. 
The antennae are light brownish orange, the third seg- 
ment rather short but broad on the basal half and nar- 
rowing but little apically; the dorsal margin is flat and 
straight except at the base and apex. Arista yellow, 
black at the apex, with about fifteen rays. Thorax: the 
mesonotum is very dark sepia brown across the middle 
with strong bluish to purplish reflection ; the blue color is 
arranged in faint obscure stripes. The sides of the 
mesonotum, the anterior margin and the post calli are 
light brown. The upper half of the pleura is lighter 
and more yellowish brown. Pleural pile brownish to 
reddish yellow. The mesonotal pile is short and sparse ; 
from posterior view it appears to be chiefly light yellow 
with some brownish or black pile intermixed, especially 
in front of the scutellum; from anterior view this pile 
appears to be almost entirely brown to black. The 
bristles of the thorax are black; there is one upon the 
mesopleura, two upon the notopleura, three above wing, 
two on post calli, none in front of scutellum and six upon 
the scutellum margin. The scutellum is brown; it is 
somewhat paler down the middle and in the basal corners 
but with haso-lateral flattened granulate areas which 
show a blue reflection and which areas are not longer 
than wide. Beyond these flattened areas on either side 
the scutellum has a purplish reflection. The preapical 
depression is large, quite short oval, and extremely shal- 
low and granulate. Squamae pale brown with rather 
darker reddish brown fringe. Legs: the femora are 
blackish becoming yellowish to reddish brown apically. 
All of the tibiae are extremely dark sepia brown and 
almost black throughout. Anterior tarsi black; the 
middle basitarsi dark brown, the remainder of the seg- 
ments black. Hind basitarsi rather light reddish brown, 
the remaining segments black. The pile of the legs is 
black. Wings: tinged with brown which is faintly yel- 
lowish; the brown tinge is a little darker on the apical 
half. There is a large quadrate brown spot restricted 
to the subcostal cell at the end of and including the tip 
of the costal cell. 
The marginal cell is widely open. Abdomen: the first 
