Psyche 
[June 
1 68 
as long as wide apically, segments in apical half of flagellum only 
slightly or not distinctly longer than wide; in cf also unusually stout 
but considerably tapered toward apex, first flagellomere about 2.4 
to 2.6 times as long as wide apically. Ocellar-area: very strongly 
swollen and prominently raised above level of rest of vertex. Clypeus: 
strongly assymmetric blunt-pyramidal in profile, the long basal face 
gently sloping, the short apical face abruptly declivous; apical margin 
almost truncate to weakly convex on median 2/3, more strongly 
convex toward sides; corners not reflexed. Malar-space : unusually 
long, in 9 about 1.5 to 1.8 times as long as basal width of mandible, 
in cf about 1.2 to 1.5 times as long. Fore tibia: not at all inflated. 
Pronotum : epomia produced above into a broad, conspicuous lappet- 
like plate. Mesoscutum: notauli reaching about apical 2/3 to 3/4, 
strong and rather deep throughout or shallower and reduced to a line 
of large punctures for much of their length. Wing-venation: areolet 
very large and broad, intercubiti parallel, slightly convergent or a 
little differentially inclivous above; radial cell unusually short and 
broad, ending distally at a point distinctly less than half the distance 
from second intercubitus to tip of wing; nervulus interstitial to some- 
what antef ureal; disco-cu'bitus only slightly angled near middle; 
ramellus rather long to completely absent ; second recurrent a little 
reclivous on lower 24 > straightened out or a bit curved or angled 
above ; mediella straight except near base ; nervellus broken far below 
middle, upper part more than twice as long as lower; axillus, over 
most of its length, a little closer to sub-mediella than to hind-margin 
of wing. Propodeum : in 9 rather elongate and gently curved in 
profile without strong discontinuity between dorsal and apical faces, 
a little bulging and sphereoid in shape; often with a weak rectangular 
area-basalis and fine but distinct basal and apical trans-carinae, the 
latter slightly broadened into low, elongate sublateral cristae, areo- 
lation frequently much weaker or entirely absent; in cf longer and 
lower in profile with the areolation only weakly suggested ; spiracle 
long oval. First gastric segment: 9 : a stout, triangular expansion 
near base; ventro-lateral carina strong and sharp throughout; dorso- 
lateral carina distinct, sometimes weaker toward base; dorsal carinae 
Explanation of Plate 13 
Figures 1, 4, and 6. Picrocryptoides hesperios n. sp. male. 1. Dorsal view 
of head. 4. Propodeal profile. 6. Dorsal outline of postpetiole and apex of 
petiole. Figures 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8. Picrocryptoides nvillinki n. sp. 2. Dorsal 
view of head in male. 3. Propodeal profile of male. 5. Dorsal outline of 
postpetiole and apex of petiole in male. 7. Anterior view of head of female. 
8. Lateral view of apex of ovipositor. Scale: Figures 1 to 7, X 28 ; figure 8, 
X 52. 
