72 CATAI.Or.UE OF 



Male. Piceous, tliinly pilose. Head and prolliorax speckled or inter 

 laced with tawny. Eyes livid, blackish on the outer side. Protborax black 

 on each side, this hue limited by two testaceous stripes alonp the lateral 

 keels. Abdomen iilack, shining; tip and cerci piceous. Legs piceous; 

 hind femora tawny, obliquely streaked witli piceous on the outer side. 

 Fore winps cinereous; veins brownish; mediastinal and scapular veins 

 wiiitish ; tympanum and bind wings pellucid. Length of the body 

 5i lines. 



Female. Black. Head tawny on each side below the eyes. Palpi 

 piceous. Anlennre tawny at the base. Protborax piceous, black on each 

 side, the two colours separated by a testaceous line. Ventral segments 

 piceous, pale testaceous at the tip. Cerci and oviduct piceous. Fore 

 wings tawny. Length of the body o lines. 



a — c. King George's Sound. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 

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



nn. Protborax ranch narrower in front. 



Genus 25. LERNECA. 



Mas. Corpus fusiforme, tomentosum, s.tl gracile. Caput breve, 

 antice vix carinatum. Oculi prominuli, subrotundi. Palpi graciles; 

 articulus 3us subsecuriformis, 2o longior. Antennic gracillini^, corpore 

 mullo longiores. Protborax transversus, antice angustus. Cerci corpore 

 longiores. Pedes sal graciles; tibiae poslicae utrinqiie subserrata; et tri- 

 spinosae. Ala' auticic latiusculi, abdomen pauUo superantes, apice reli- 

 culatap, spatio subcostali lalo, venis obliquis fere parallelis. Alte poslicse 

 valde longiores. 



Male. Body fusiform, tomenlose, rather slender. Head short, 

 shining, slightly prominent in front. Eyes prominent, nearly round. 

 Palpi slender; third juint slightly securiform, longer than the second. 

 Antenn;c very slender, much longer than the body. Protborax transverse, 

 much narrower in from. Cerci somewhat longer than the body. Legs 

 rather slender and long ; hind tibite very minutely serrated on each side; 

 three slender spines on each side beyond the middle. Fore wings rather 

 broad, reticulated near the tips, extending a little beyond the abdomen; 

 subcostal space broad, with oblique nearly parallel veins. Hind wing* 

 extending much beyond the fore wings. 



1. Lf.rneca varipes. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput antice piceum ; palpi alhi ; prothorax fusco sul- 

 conspersuSy lalcribus piceis ; pedes picei, femoribus posticis lestaceo 

 linealis. 



Male. Tawny. Head in front and eyes piceous. Palpi white. Pro- 

 thorax slightly speckled with brown, piceous between the keels and the side 

 borders. Legs piceous ; hind femora wilh many oi)lique parallel testaceous 

 lines on the outer side. Length of the body ."> lines. 



Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



