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ridjje. Legs slender; femora slightly keeled; bind femora with apical 

 spurs; four anterior tibiae with a few very minute spines ; hind tibiae with 

 two rows of small spines. Wings extending beyond ihe abdomen. Fore 

 wings somewhat longer than the hind wings. 



1. Parga spatulata. 



Mas. Cervina atit picea ; afce anticcB nigricante subconspersa ; alee 

 poslicce limpidu: aut cincretc, apitd contain cervince, baai nonnunquam 

 ochrucecE. 



Mesops gracilis? 



Male. Fawn-colour or piceous. Eyes livid. Fore wings with some 

 minute blackish speckles. Hind wings colourless or cinereous, sometimes 

 ochraceous towards the base; costal space like the fore wings in colour. 

 Length of the body 12 lines; expansion of the fore wings 24 lines. 



The description of Mesops gracilis is loo short to identify it with this 

 species. 



a. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 b—f. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



§§ Caput anlice atlenualum. 

 Geuus 8. MORABA. 



Mas. Corpus filiforme, apterum. Caput subascendens, prothorace 

 multo longius, antice longi-conicum ei subtus subcarinatum ; frons carinis 

 duabus faciem versus approxiniatis. Ocnli fusiformes, obliqui, sub- 

 prominuli. Antennae lanceolatiE; articuli 3o 14ura subdilatati, cyathi- 

 formes. Proihorax laevis, antice subtruncatus, lateribus niargineque poslico 

 subexcavatis. Pedes graciles; tibiee spinuloste. 



Mule. Body filiform, a[itenius, cylindrical. Head slightly ascending, 

 much longer than the prothorax ; part in front of the eyes elongate-conical, 

 much shorter than that behind them, slightly keeled beneath ; front with 

 two approximate keels, which slightly converge towards the face. Eyes 

 fusiform, slightly prominent and oblique. Antenna lanceolate, longer than 

 the head; third and following joints to the fourteenth slightly dilated, 

 cyathiform ; the five following joints very small. Prothorax smooth ; fore 

 border slightly truncated; sides and hind border slightly excavated. Legs 

 slender; four anterior legs short, llie spines of their tibice extremely 

 minute; hind tibiae with two rows of minute spines. 



1. MoRABA SEKRICORNIS. 



Mas. Cervina; pedes poslici rufescentes, genubus rufis. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Hind legs reddish ; knees and i\\is of the 

 spines of the hind tibiae black. Lentith of the body 22 lines. 



a, b. Port Essington. From Mr. Gould's collection. 



c. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



d. Australia. From Mr. Damel's colleclion. 



