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Psyche 
[September 
erately stout fusiform ; succeeding tergites with a little stronger micro- 
reticulation and somewhat more abundant setae than on 2nd. Ovi- 
positor: sheathed portion 0.6 as long as fore-wing; gently upcurved; 
nodus distinct, with a large but rather shallow notch which emits 
a moderately short, broad, shallow, foreward-directed fossa; dorsal 
valve in profile gently and directly tapering on about basal 2/3 and 
then with a more convex taper on apical 1/3; tip 0.24 as high at 
notch as long from notch to apex. 
Male: differs from female as follows: Color: flagellum solid 
black except in many but not all specimens with a white band above 
on segments 13-17 to as few as 14-15; a white line on hind-orbit 
above; sometimes with blueish reflections, especially on gaster; meso- 
soma. sometimes more extensively golden or greenish-golden than in 
female; femora and tibiae sometimes a little deeper orange than in 
female ; ventral dark metallic areas of fore and mid-femora averaging 
broader than in female, occasionally extending nearly throughout and 
reaching farther laterad or even continuing onto dorsum for a short 
distance near base; hind-tibia blackish on about apical 1/8-1/6 or 
more behind and somewhat more narrowly so elsewhere; tarsi more 
intensely black, except hind-tarsus white at least above and often 
throughout on about apical 1/2-3/4 of 3rd segment and on all or 
almost all of 4th segment. Length of fore-wing : 9.1-11.4 mm. 1st 
flagellomere : 2. 9-3. 2 as long as deep at apex. Malar space: 0.8-0.9 
as long as basal width of mandible. Temple: O.8-O.9 as long as eye 
in dorsal view. Mesoscutum: notauli averaging a little longer, trace- 
able about 1/2-2/3 the length of mesoscutum; punctures averaging 
a little denser but mostly sparser than subadjacent. Propodeum : 
lower and longer in profile ; basal face long and rather steeply sloping, 
apical face considerably shorter and obliquely declivous, merging 
more or less smoothly with basal face; basal trans-carina as in female 
or sometimes defined throughout or sometimes practically absent; 
cristae sometimes a little smaller and lower, bluntly to sharply 
cuneate; median longitudinal carinae, areola, and lateral longitudinal 
carinae often vaguer than in female; surface scarcely less coarsely 
reticulately wrinkled basad of basal trans-carina than elsewhere. 1st 
gastric segment: postpetiole 1 .0-1.1 as long as wide at apex; dorsal 
carinae scarcely detectable; surface of postpetiole with more nu- 
merous, widely separated, but often more generally and sometimes 
almost uniformly distributed, moderately small to tiny punctures 
which emit long and usually at least in part somewhat overlapping 
setae. 2 nd gastric segment: smooth and highly polished, practically 
without or at least with fainter micro-reticulation than in female and 
