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clavate. Antennas very slender, much longer than the body. Prothorax 

 slightly compressed ; fore border straight; lateral keels not apparent; sides 

 much rounded; hind part narrower, elongated, keeled, with a slijihtiy 

 rounded hind border. Abdomen compressed. Legs moderately stout; 

 femora with the keels beneath deeper towards the lips; foie femora with a 

 single row of four spines, of which the first and the second are extremely 

 small ; middle femora with a row of seven spines, six minute, the seventh 

 larger; hind femora with two rows of numerous small spines, and with two 

 larger spines near the tips; fore tibiae and middle tibiae with a few small 

 spines on the four keels ; hind tibiae with numerous spines on the two keels 

 above, and with a few very minute spines on the two keels beneath. Wings 

 full half the length of the abdomen. 



1. OCHRIDA ANNULIPES. 



Mas. Viridls ; caput albo plagiaium,vertice fusco ; palpi testacpi,albido 

 varii ; antenncB fusees, basi virides ; prothorax macula an iica trian- 

 gulari fusca luteo marginata, lateribus albidis roseo pallida variis, 

 spatio postico ferrugineo nigro-marginalo ; abdomen apicem versus 

 fuscum segmentis teslaceo unimaculatis, segmentis ventralibus pallide 

 rujis ; pedes fusco fasciati, femorihus anticis fuscis cinereo unifas- 

 ciaiis basi viridibus ; alee rufescente fusccB. 



Male. Green. Head with some while patches; vertex brown, with 

 a darker longiiudinal streak on each side. Eyes lurid. Palpi testaceous, 

 partly whitish. Antennae brown, green towards the base. Prothorax with 

 a brown triangular spot adjoining the fore border and bordered on each 

 side with luteous; sides whitish, tinged with pale rose-colour ; hind part 

 ferruginous, bordered with black. Abdomen towards the tip brown, with a 

 large testaceous spot on each segment; ventral segments pale red. Fore 

 femora brown, green at the base and with an irregular pale cinereous band 

 beyond the middle ; middle femora brown at the tips ; hind femora with 

 two brown bands; four anterior tibiae with two brown bands, one basal, the 

 other apical ; hind tibia witli four brown bands; tarsi brown, fourth joint 

 testaceous. Wings dark reddish brown. Length of the body 10 lines. 



o. Australia. From Mr. Damel's collection. 



Genus 44. OCICA. 



Fcem. Corpus convexum, subfusiforme. Caput breve, prothorace 

 paullo angustius, cornu antico brevi gracili porrecto sulcato; frons non 

 obliqua. Oculi roiundi, valde globosi. Palporum articulus 3us 4o valde 

 longior; 5us sublinearis, 3o valde longior. Antennae graciles, corpore 

 multo longiores. Prothorax subtiliter rugulosus, disco fere piano, trans- 

 verse bisulcato, margine antico rotundato, lateribus valde rotundatis, mar- 

 gine postico subrecto. Sternum sexspinosum. Oviductus arcuatu^, abdo- 

 mini aequilongus. Pedes sat graciles, femorihus quatuor aiiterioribus 

 sexspinosis, femorihus posticis et tibiis quatuor anterioribus biseriatim 

 spinosis ; tibiis posticis quadviseriatim spinosis. Alae anticae coriaceae, 

 convexae, deflexae, abdominis apicem allingenles. 



Female. Body convex, nearly fusiform. Head smooth, a little 

 narrower than the prothorax, with a short slender porrect furrowed horn on 



