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Psyche 
[March 
vier’s species. Since I have six more to add to the genus 
and since they comprise two from the West Indies, three 
from South America and the first one to be described from 
the mainland of North America (Costa Rica), it seems 
worth while to give keys to both the West Indian and 
South American species. 
Key to West Indian Species 
1. Pale yellow except for the dark antennae and dark 
streaks on legs. Cuba adulta SufT. 
Elytra with spots or vittae or entirely dark 2 
2. Elytra entirely dark 3 
Elytra not entirely dark 5 
3. Elytra deep blue, eyes not very close together, Puerto 
Rico dissita Blake 
Elytra piceous or reddish brown 4 
4. Elytra piceous black. Cuba rubropustulata Suif . 
Elytra deep reddish brown. Puerto Rico 
tabebuiae Blake 
5. Elytra dark with 4 pale spots 6 
Elytra not with 4 pale spots 8 
6. Elytral pale spots elliptical. Trinidad 
trinitatis Bryant 
Elytral pale spots more or less irregular in shape . ... 1 
7. Basal pale spot not running parallel to suture but 
curving away from it towards margin. Harbor 
Island, Bahamas bahamensis n. sp. 
Basal pale spot running parallel to suture, sometimes 
coalescing with apical spot. Puerto Rico 
tabebuiae Blake 
8. Elytra pale with 2 dark triangular spots on each in 
the middle and a dark lateral stripe. Grenada 
granulata Jacoby 
Elytra black, yellow brown or reddish brown with 
streaks or lines . 9 
