10 
Psyche 
[February 
inner orbits; basal segment cylindrical, nearly one and a half 
times as long as wide, squarely truncate at the apex; second 
segment a little over half the length of the first, about as long 
as wide, slightly broader at the apex which is broadly rounded 
off; third segment slightly flattened, short pear-shaped, but 
little longer than the first, and slightly over one and one-half 
times as long as wide, widest in its basal third and thence grad- 
ually narrowed to the straightly truncate apex. Style about 
twice the length of the whole antenna, sharply three-jointed; 
the two basal divisions together but little shorter than the 
second and third antennal segments; the second division some- 
what longer than the first. Front very feebly convex between 
anterior ocellus and antennae. Face much swollen, projecting 
anteriorly as a blunt cone, without grooves. The lower portion 
of the head is deeply and broadly excavated in the middle 
between the cheeks, the eyes continuing for about one-quarter 
their length below the oral margin. Proboscis very long and 
slender, reaching considerably beyond the tip of the abdomen 
when folded beneath the body, in which position it is in the 
type; while in the paratype it is directed downward with a 
slight anterior slant; labella thin and elongate. Palpi short and 
slender, distinctly three-jointed; the two apical segments much 
longer and of about equal length; the third truncate at apex. 
Body slender. Thorax about as broad as thick; dorsum dis- 
tinctly longer than wide; transverse suture deep on the sides 
over less than one-third the width of dorsum, continued back- 
ward to near the scutellum. Scutellum large, semi-elliptical, 
cushion-shaped; its posterior margin faintly separated from 
the disk by an impressed line. Abdomen flattened dorsallv, 
slightly wider than the thorax; the four basal segments together 
about as long as wide; the succeeding, apical segments much 
narrower, gradually decreasing in width, partly retractile as a 
telescope-shaped ovipositor. The last segment ends in two 
short, slender, straight, bluntly pointed lamellae. Legs long and 
thin; femora slightly swollen toward the base, more distinctly 
so on the front legs; tips of tibiae faintly thickened. 
Wings very long and narrow, much longer than the body, 
over four times as long as wide. Costal margin nearly straight;. 
