434 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Zacatula scabra. 



jMas. Viridis ; antenncB rufce, basi virides ; pedes pilosi, spinis apice 

 nigris ; alee poslicce diaphance^ pallida venosce. 



Male. Green. Eyes dark brown. Antennae red, green towards the 

 base. Legs pilose, their spines black towards the tips. Hind wings 

 pellucid; veins pale green. Length of the body 16^ lines ; expansion of 

 the fore wings 42 lines, 



a. Ceram. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's collection. 



Genus 131. TABARIA. 



Fam. Corpus fusiforme, convexum, apterura, sat gracile. Caput 

 inter antennas carinis duabus latis fere planis antice rolundatis; frons 

 plana, erecta. Oculi rotundi, prominuli. Antennae gracillimae, longissimae. 

 Thoracis et pectoris latera spinosa. Metathorax cornu erecto armatum. 

 Prosternum bispinosum. Mesosternura et metasteruum quadrispinosa. 

 Abdomen basi bispinulosum. Oviductus subarcuatus, abdominis dimidio 

 longior. Pedes spinosi, longissimi, graciliimi. 



Female. Body fusiform, convex, rather slender. Head short, as broad 

 as the fore border of the prothorax. Vertex in front with two short hori- 

 zontal lubes, which are rounded in fiont, and each of which is as broad as 

 the first joint of the antennte ; front flat, upright, lanceolate between the 

 sockets of the antenns, which are wide apart. Eyes round, prominent. 

 Maxillary palpi slender; fourth joint less than half the length of the third 

 and about one-third of the length of the fifth, which is subclavate. Antennae 

 very slender, much more than twice the length of the body. Thorax and 

 pectus on each side beset with stout spines. Metathorax with a long thick 

 upright spine. Prosiernum with a spine on each side. Mesosteruum and 

 metasternum with two spines on each side. Abdomen with a little spine 

 on each side of the base of the dorsum. Supra-anal lamina very short. 

 Cerci short, lanceolate. Oviduct slightly curved, more than half the length 

 of the abdomen. Legs very long and slender; femora with stout spines ; 

 four anterior femora with two rows of spines; hind femora much longer 

 than the body, with four rows; tibiEe with a few minute spines. 



There are no vestiges of wings in the two specimens described. 



1. Tabaria opilioides. 



Foem. Cervina ; labrum et fronds vitta lanceolala pallide Jlava ; ab- 

 domen lituris Iransversis fureatis pallidioribus slrigisque obliquis 

 obscurioribus. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Labrum and disk of the front pale yellow. 

 Eyes testaceous. Each abdominal segment with a much abbreviated paler 

 band, which is forked on each side and has beyond it two oblique darker 

 streaks. Length of the body II lines; of the hind femora 16 lines. 



a, b. Columbia. From|Mr. Turner's collection. 



