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Psyche 
[March 
Figs. 11-12, wings; 11, Microdon (Aristosyrfhus) primus Curran; 12, 
Paragodon paragoides y n. sp. (HT). 
antennae, and slightly produced between oral margin and antennal 
bases; front wider than face. Antennae short, about one-third length 
of face; first two segments black with black pile; third segment 
pointed apically, light brown, with small round sensory pit near 
middle on ventral portion. Aristae short, about as long as third 
segment, thick, light brown. Antennal ratio: 2:1:6. 
Thorax: brownish black except for humeri, postalar calli and 
dorsal surface of stenopleura dirty white; thoracic pile yellow except 
for transverse J-shaped spot of black pile above each wing base. 
Wings grayish, almost completely microtrichose, with bases of first 
and second basal cell bare; wing venation as figured (Fig. 12). 
Hal teres yellow. Squamae gray with dark margins. Legs black 
except as follows: tips of femora, front four tibiae, and all tarsi 
orange; with pile dark except for light pile on front four tibiae. 
Abdomen: Dorsum with black and yellow pattern as figured 
(Fig. 9); venter yellow; abdominal pile appressed black on black 
areas and pale yellow on yellow areas. Genitalia: as figured (Fig. 
7, 7a) ; brown. 
Holotype — male: Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico; 16 August 1964, 
