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Psyche 
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Leocomia pileae, n. sp. 
A medium large species for the genus, dull black, with very- 
short vertex. 
Head slightly narrower than the pronotum, vertex short, 
rather acute anteriorly; frons strongly produced, the disc flat- 
tened, the lateral margins slightly inflated, faintly transversely 
striated; pronotum nearly twice as broad as long, sloping an- 
teriorly; mesonotum elongate, the lateral margins strongly 
sinuated, the apex rather acute. Fore wings strongly sloping, 
rather rugose. Legs short and slender, the middle spine of the 
hind tibia elongate, stout. 
Color black, anterior margin of vertex broadly dull yellow, 
sometimes entire vertex and anterior margins of prothorax dull 
yellow. 
Length 4 . 90 mm. ; width across prothorax 1.70 mm. 
Holotype male Pico Turquino, July 20, 1922, S. C. B. and 
C. H. B., 5500 ft. 
Allotype female Pico Turquino, July 20, 1922, S. C. B. and 
C. H. B., 5500 ft. 
Paratypes 1 female and 2 males Pico Turquino, July 20, 
1922, S. C. B. and C. H. B., 5500 ft. 
Leocomia fulva, n. sp. 
This species may be recognized by its large size, pale golden 
yellow color and triangularly produced vertex. 
Head rather narrow, pointed, the anterior margin nearly a 
right angle with the margins nearly straight lines; pronotum 
elongate, its length nearly two-thirds the width, the lateral mar- 
gins strongly contracted and the posterior margin deeply in- 
dented by the mesonotum, with a distinct percurrent median 
carina; mesonotum broad, the lateral margins strongly sinuate, 
tip narrow. 
General color golden yellow, the eyes and the tips of the 
fore wings shading to deep brown; legs and beneath, golden 
brown, the spines and tips of the tarsi and claws black. 
Length 5.2 mm.; width across prothorax 2.1 mm. 
