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and two ranges of spines, dark-ferruginous ; spurs long, 

 yellow ; tarsi rather shorter than the tibiae, yellow, with 

 rows of short black hairs. Wings longer than the abdomen, 

 yellow, but smoky at the tips, the darkest patch situated at 

 the end of the second longitudinal vein. Neuration of the 

 wings as described under the genus. 



I have only one specimen of this species, which was taken 

 on the Port Hills in December. 



Genus Paradoxa, nov. gen. 



Head nearly round. Byes large. x^ntennee 2 + 14 

 jointed ; joints shaped almost as in Tetragoncura. Palpi 

 short, four-jointed ; first and second joints very short, third 

 longer and stouter, fourth the same length as third but much 

 more slender. Thorax rather elongated. Abdomen com- 

 pressed vertically, as broad as the thorax. Femora greatly 

 compressed ; tibiae about as long as the femora, with a 

 few slender black spines ; spurs large, pubescent ; first joint 

 of tarsus the longest, others gradually decreasing in length. 

 Wings longer than the abdomen. Auxiliary vein represented 

 by a short rudiment ; first longitudinal ending some dis- 

 tance beyond the middle of the anterior margin, joined to 

 second longitudinal by marginal cross-vein situated near its 

 apex ; second longitudinal vein ending some distance before 

 the apex of the wing ; costa prolonged considerably beyond 

 the tip of the second longitudinal vein, but not reaching 

 the apex of the wing ; third longitudinal vein with a long 

 fork, slightly disconnected at its base ; posterior branch also 

 slightly disconnected at its base ; anterior branch of fourth 

 longitudinal reaching the margin, but disappearing before 

 reaching the base of the wing ; fifth longitudinal vein com- 

 plete, reaching the margin, joined at a point about three- 

 quarters of its length from the base by a strong vein as in 

 Cyclonciira, which probably represents the posterior branch 

 of the fourth longitudinal vein. 



I ha,ve only one species belonging to this distinct genus. 



Paradoxa fusca, sp. nov. Plate XII., fig. 5. 



Length of antennae, 0-016; size of body, 0-096 x 0-010 ; 

 expanse of wing, 0-092 x 0-016. 



Antennae 2 -f 14 jointed ; first joint of scapus short, nearly 

 black ; second joint cyathiform, ornamented with a few 

 bristles ; flagellum dark - brown, densely ciliated ; joints 

 broader than long, placed on very short pedicels tapering 

 gradually to the apex ; last joint has length more than 

 twice its breadth and an obtuse apex. Palpi short, light- 

 yellow; two basal joints short, third and fourth about equal 

 in length, rather longer than the first and second put together. 



