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Psyche 
[June 
Much worn, blackish with reddish yellow markings as follows, — 
a longitudinally grooved spot on middle of posterior margin of 
vertex, one on each side on the ledge overhanging the antennae, 
a faint median longitudinal line on disc of pronotum, almost 
whole of cruciform elevation except anterior entrant angle, a 
very narrow edging to abdominal tergites, almost invisible 
dorsally, a large smooth patch on side of eighth segment, an 
irregular marking along side of pygophor, most of ventral surface 
and legs. The legs are striped in typical fashion with black, 
differing from my Dun Mt. examples only in possessing a blackish 
ring on midde of hind tibiae. 
A few colorless long hairs, especially on head and posterior 
part of abdomen. A fairly dense covering of fine close golden 
prostrate pubescence, save on salient points like disc of mesono- 
tum, whence it was probably rubbed off. 
Fore femora both badly damaged, but apparently as in Dun 
Mt. specimens, with which the type agrees also in the spines of 
the hind tibiae. Eyes pale. A yellowish spot at base of second 
antennal segment apparently not present in Dun Mt. examples. 
Wings very murky — possibly the insect was killed too soon after 
emergence. Veins all brownish, not dark. Rostrum reaching 
middle coxae. Frons tumid with the striae filled with golden 
pubescence, looking like stripes on the jet-black ground color. 
Dimensions in mm. — Length to tip of last tergite, 18.4; 
length of head, 2.3; width between eyes, 2.7; ratio, .84; length 
of pronotum, 2.5; length of mesonotum, 4.0; length of tegmen, 
18.0; greatest width of tegmen, 6.7; ratio of lengths, 2nd to 3rd 
antennal segments, 1 .4:1. 
The males of the Dun Mountain examples, as usual in 
M elampsalta, are darker than the females, the chitin co'or being 
almost immaculate black, but the general color is greyish owing 
to the covering golden pubescence. The insect rests on bare 
rocks in the fell field and is extremely hard to see. We have 
exam ned the following material. — 
A series of both sexes in the collections of the Cawthron 
Institute and of myself, all taken on the Dun Mountain, Nelson 
14th December to 23rd January at elevations from 3,000 to 
4,000 feet. A single female is doubtfully referred to this species 
