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Psyche 
[June 
throughout ; post-tibiae bispinose, abdomen dorsally 
rounded, not conical. Tegmina moderately expanding 
distally, costal margin straight distad of middle, apical 
margin straight, apical angle rounded, sutural angle 
rectangulate, rather abruptly rounded, costal area 
slightly narrower than costal cell one third from base, 
costal veinlets shorter than apical veins, apical veins 
mostly forked, apical line slightly irregular but distinct, 
joining costa anteriorly, nodal line indistinguishable, Sc 
simple to apex, R forking near middle of tegmen, M fork- 
ing slightly basad of R fork, Cu 1 forking basad of M 
fork. Wings with R simple to apex, M with two branches, 
Cu 1 with five branches. 
Anal segment of female broadly ovate, indented at 
apex, anal foramen relatively small. Ovipositor with 
third valvulse each armed with nine or ten stout spines 
in two rows, with a single spine situated on inner face 
remote from margin. 
Type species, Parthenormenis sanctce-ur suite sp. n. 
Parthenormenis sanctae-ursulae sp. n. 
Female. Length, 6.0 mm. ; tegmen, 6.2 mm. 
Testaceous-yellowish ; pronotum and mesonotum 
clouded fuscous, legs faintly so ; abdomen pallid, sclero- 
tised portions of genitalia piceous. Tegmina translucent, 
brownish, anterior half of costal membrane and trans- 
verse veinlets just basad of apical line of cross-veins 
pallid; base of costal cell, except at margin, and base of 
clavus deeply infuscate. Veins on corium deeply fuscous, 
on membrane concolorous. Wings infuscate, veins dark 
fuscous. Insect in life powdered brownish or pruinose, 
somewhat variegated. 
Ovipositor with third valvulse armed on posterior mar- 
gin with a row of five or six stout teeth ; basad of this an 
inner row of two or three teeth, and a single tooth still 
further basad on inner face. 
Described from a single female taken by the writer at 
1,000 ft., Tortola (Feb. 20, 1944). Type at Mus. Comp. 
Zool. No. 27930. The genus, to which at present only 
this species is referred, is distinguished by having the 
