CATALOGUE OF 



17. Blabera paraBOlica. 



l^Ias. Tixtacpti, lo))f/i-fitxif<)nnis ; cafrut, ppctus, abdoiDPii el pedes vigrn / 

 prolhonix fete il/ifUicus, macula magna (/nadiata nigra murgincm 

 pnsticinn aUinfjenlr, maiijim! aniico snbarvuuto caput paullo sujierante, 

 luleribns ro'u tula lis apitd huincros snbsinunlis ; pectoris seynieuta 

 testuceo maryinata ; venter bisi discoque ex parte teslaceis ; coxce 

 ferruijinecc ; ahc hi/alinep, abdomen longe superantes ; anticce ex 

 maxiniit pirle membranacete, slriya basali nigra. 



Male. Tesl.iceou"5, elongale-fusiform. Head, pecliis, alKlomen and 

 IcfiS iiiack. Head vvi^li llie suckels of the antennce, ibe two iiiteiinediate 

 spots and a baud near llie ni 'Utli testaceous. Eyes appioachin<i; slif,rlitly 

 nearer to each other than tlios^e of li.giganlea. Prothorax nearly elliplieal ; 

 discoida) spot large, black, quadrate, containing a lyre-shaped spot which ex- 

 tends to the hind border, wheie il is slightly narrower than il is in front ; fore 

 part slighily vaulted in the middle, slightly impressed on each side; fore 

 border slightly arched, extending a little beyond the head ; sides rounded, 

 sli::ht]y sinnaled along the humeri; hind border very indistinctly angular 

 in the middle. Pectus partly testaceous on each side and along the 

 borders of the segments. Abdomen beneath partly testaceous in the disk 

 at the base. Cox;e and trochanters mostly ferruginous; tarsi tawny 

 beneath. Wings hyaline, extending very much beyond the abdomen. 

 Fore wings mostly membranous; a black streak extending from the base 

 alonjj the humeral vein to one-tifth of the length; costa slightly rounded 

 towards the base. Length of the body 21 lines; of the wings 60 lines. 



The narrow body and long wings of this species distinguish it, like 

 B. fusiformis, from all the preceding Blabera. The prothorax is less 

 arched in front than that of B. fusiformis and much less dilated on the 

 bind part of each side. It also differs from that species in the fore wings, 

 which are more membranous, broader at the base, and narrower and mote 

 rounded at the tips. 



a. Cuenca. From Mr. Fraser's collection. 



18. Blabera longipennis. 



Mas. Picea, fusiformis ; caput nigrum; prothorax fere elliplicus, fer- 

 rugineo late marginatus, margine antico arcuato caput non superanle, 

 latcribns rotunda tis apud humeros vix siiiuatis ; abdomen nigrum, 

 segmentis rufrscente marginatis ; pedes rufescentes, frmoribus sublus 

 spiuosis i aice !ongissi)ncB ; anticce coriacece, upice latce subtruncatte. 



Male. Piceous, fusiform. Head black, with the sockets of the 

 antennae and the two intermediate spots yellow, a tawny band near the 

 mouth. Eyes much more remote from each other than those of jB giyantra. 

 Antennae black. Prothorax nearly elliptical, broadly ferruginous-bordered, 

 not extending beyond the head; fore part slightly vaulted; fore border 

 arched; sides rounded, hardly siuuated along the humeri; hind border 

 slif,hily rounded. Abdomen black, with a reddish baud on the fore border 

 of each segment. Legs reddish; femora with a few small spines beneath. 

 Fore wings wholly coriaceous, about twice the length of the body, the bead 

 and prothorax excepted ; scapular area very broad; cosla straight, except 



