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Female. Piceous, somewhat pilose. Head shining. Ocelli yellow. 

 Antennae louger than the body. Prothoiax much broader than long. 

 Abdomen testaceous beneath, except at the lip. Cerci and oviduct much 

 longer ihan the abdomen. Legs testaceous, rather stout ; femora piceous 

 towards the tips; tibiae piceous at the base; hind femora on the outer side 

 with piceous oblique abbreviated streaks; hind tibia; with three spines on 

 each side. Fore wings testaceous at the base, more than half the length 

 of the abdomen; veins strongly marked; transverse sectors ^ew. Hind 

 wings move than twice the length of the abdomen. Length of the body 

 4^ lines. 



a. Hindostan. From the Zoological Society's collection. 



Australia. 



13. Nemobics bivittatus. 



Mas. Niger, hirsutiis ; antenu(X gracillima, corpore valde loiigiores ; pro- 

 thorax luteo bivittatus: cerci picei ; pedes sat graciles, femoribus 

 subtns teslacco vitlatis, libiis teslaceo bifasciatis, tarsis basi tes- 

 taccis ; aim anticce pallide ciiiercce, abdomuie breviores ; alee postica; 

 obsolelcE. 



Male. Black, hirsute, shining. Head as broad as the prothorax. 

 Eyes piceous, rather prominent. Antennae very slender, very much longer 

 than the body. Prothorax with a luleous stripe on each side. Cerci 

 piceous. Legs rather slender; femora striped with testaceous beneath; 

 tibiae with two testaceous bands ; hind tibiae with three slender spines on 

 each side ; tarsi testaceous at the base. Fore wings pale cinereous, about 

 three-fourths of the length of the abdomen, pellucid on each side between 

 the keel and the costa. Hind wings not apparent. Length of the body 

 3 lines. 



The cerci are broken in the specimen described. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



14. Nemobius australis. 



Foem. Fuhma, pubescens, linearis; caput vittafuscescenle, lineis qualuor 

 testaceis piceo punctalis, lineis quatuor (xlerloribxis teslnceis abbre- 

 viatis ; antennce gracillimte, corpore plus diiplo Inngioies ; prothorax 

 fusco punctatus, nigricante bivittatus, lateribus testaceis; abdomen 

 fuscescens, basi fulvum, venire testaceo : cerci corpore longiores ; ovi- 

 ductus abdomine longior ; pedes robusti, setulosi, fusco conspersi ; alec 

 minimce. 

 Female. Tawny, dull, pubescent, linear. Head shining in front; 

 vertex with a brownish stripe which is bordered by two testaceous brown- 

 pointed lines; an exterior testaceous brown-pointed line and two more 

 exterior short testaceous lines on each side. Eyes piceous. Antennae very 

 slender, more than twice the length of the body. Prothorax with some 

 brown points, and on each side with a blackish stripe between the keel and 

 the border which is testaceous. Abdomen brownish, with darker speckles, 

 tawny at the base ; ventral segments testaceous. Ceici longer than the 

 body. Oviduct longer than the abdomen, piceous at the lip. Legs stont. 



