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Psyche 
[September 
placed by Meyrick has a much more complete structure: — 
with maxillary palpi folded, R 3 apparently free, and all 
three medials of hind wing preserved, but Cu a lost. 
Antipolistes anthracella, new species 
Coal black. Head lighter, wood brown to umber brown 
according to the light, becoming darker on under side of 
tuft and about mouth. Antennae and palpi fuscous gray; 
legs pearl gray, the segments barred with dark gray, leav- 
ing pale bands at the joints, all very difficult to see clearly 
on account of the gloss of the scaling. Fore wing coal 
black, with four whitish spots, on the costa near middle 
and at 5/6, and in the fold at 1/3 and rather below the fold 
at 2/3; the spots variable in size, and tending to be rel- 
atively smaller in the female. Under side mouse gray. 
Female much like male, but noticeably larger, and appar- 
ently darker. $ 4 1/2 mm. $ nearly 6 mm. 
Lares, Puerto Rico, holotype male and numerous speci- 
mens of both sexes reared by Fr. Seln, Jr., from nests of 
Polistes crinitus, in Dec. 1931 ; also several paratypes from 
Guabairo, Central Soledad, Cienfuegos, Cuba, reared from 
two nests of Polistes cubensis Lep. by Richard Dow. Holo- 
type in Cornell University collection, type no. 1241, para- 
types in Cornell University collection, Museum of Compara- 
tive Zoology and National Museum. 
The larva appears to be unknown. Pupa (from Sein) 
similar to Tinea pellionella as figured by Miss Mosher (Bull. 
111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., xii, pi. 20, figs. 30, 31), sutures 
not clearly seen, prothorax depressed dorsally, maxillae 
shorter, nearly obsolete, but maxillary palpi large and 
transverse ; antennae barely longer than fore wings ; angula- 
tions of terminal segment ventral rather than lateral. The 
small round eyes are also more completely visible below 
the antennae. Abdomen dorsally with first three segments 
unarmed ; fifth and sixth with anterior rows of fine spinules ; 
7th and 8th also with coarser rows near the mid-segments, 
the latter rather sparse ; ninth segment with two subdorsal 
clusters of about three spinules each and last with small 
pointed subdorsal cones. 
