14 
Psyche 
[February 
scape black, flagellum brown; wings very dark brown, yellowish, 
and with the viens lighter, near their bases; body sparingly clothed 
with short, sparse yellowish brown hairs. Head but little wider 
than long, the temples broadly rounded and the occiput weakly 
excavated; front with a slight impression above the antennae 
ocelli small, very close together. E}^es large, distinctly emargin- 
ate opposite the base of the antennae; malar space short, with a 
weak furrow; mandibles bidentate, black at tips; head smooth, 
except for some very minute punctures on the face. Scape of 
antennae simple, twice as long as thick; first flagellar joint less 
than twice as long as thick; second and all the following, quadrate 
or nearly so. Prothorax entirely smooth, above with a sharp 
transverse groove which extends to the middle of the pro- 
pleurae. Mesonontum highly polished, the parapsidal furrows 
impressed, but not very deep. Propodeum smooth and polished, 
with a linear groove just below the small, round spiracle. 
Abdomen smooth and shining, with few minute scattered punc- 
tures on the second and following segments. Median area of 
first segment nearly as broad as long, side pieces with a longi- 
tudinal groove, the segment about as long as wide; second 
segment twice as wide as long, with a large basal median area 
that is as long as wide and reaches nearly to the posterior 
margin, just outside it is an oblique furrow, parallel with the 
lateral margin of the segment and not attaining the posterior 
margin; third segment a little shorter and considerably wider 
than the second, anterior corners produced forward; but not 
separated by a furrow; fourth and fifth segments narrower, but 
nearly as long as the third; following very short. Hypopygium 
cultriform, but not exceeding the pvgidium. Pleurae smooth, the 
metapleura indistinctly punctulate. Sheaths of ovipositor 
nearly bare. Legs stout, but not thickened; hind coxae short, 
flattened and much expanded inwardly at the base. Radial vein 
arising at the middle of the rather broad stigma, not attaining 
the wing tip, third section as long as the other two combined; 
cubitus bent at base, recurrent nervure interstitial with the very 
oblique first transverse cubitus; second cubital cell scarcely half 
as high as long above, the sides parallel; nervulus postfurcal, 
