98 
Psyche 
[March-June 
Lynchia majuscula, new species 
Female. — Head seen in front slightly wider than high; frons 
about twice as wide as eye, measured along inner orbits about 
one and one-third times as long as its width at vertex, with 
nearly parallel sides; inner orbits (parafrontalia) wide, slightly 
more than half the width of mediovertex (frontalia); frontal 
bristles reduced to a small group on the gena near lower edge of 
eye, and two or three on the middle; one very long vertical 
bristle; postvertex (vertical triangle) long, more or less tri- 
angular and broadly rounded anteriorly, nearly as long as wide 
and about half as long as mediovertex, apparently without 
median anterior depression or pit; occipital margin straight; 
fronto-clypeus of the usual shape, the antero-lateral angles 
moderately produced. Palpi unusually long and slender, only 
slightly shorter than the height of the head. Thorax: anterior 
margin straight medially; humeral callosities broad, moderately 
prominent, bluntly rounded at apex, with one long bristle and 
eight to ten short setae; anterior half of mesonotum (meso- 
scutum) on each side anteriorly with a narrow, transverse patch 
of short, soft hairs and a few setae, the patch not reaching the 
middle line; one very long prealar bristle; dorsal portion of 
mesopleura (notopleura) with a few scattered short setae and, 
posteriorly, with one long bristle; a few setae near outer hind 
margin of mesonotum and one long postalar bristle; hind margin 
of scutellum evenly and moderately convex, weakly fringed and 
in each corner with one long scutellar bristle; metepimeron with 
5 or 6 strong, short bristles and some softer setae. Legs without 
distinctive features; fourth tarsal segment of fore legs not pro- 
duced. Wing long and broad; microtrichia covering most of the 
membrane; axillary cell (2d An) bare, except for a very narrow 
zone along the sixth longitudinal vein (2d An) ; first basal cell 
(R) long, narrow, parallel-sided; second basal cell (M) less 
than half but over one-third of the length of the first, closed by 
a nearly vertical anterior basal cross-vein (M 3 ) ; subcosta (Sc) 
complete, ending in costa; costa densely setulose; third longi- 
tudinal vein (R 4+5 ) with a few setulse close to the tip; other 
veins bare. Abdomen: a broad, short, transversely lozenge- 
shaped basal tergite, followed by a small transverse median 
sclerite; preanal tergite consisting of two elliptical plates, 
broadly connected medially and each bearing a group of eight 
