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5. LaUREPA IROXTALIS. 



Mas. Teslacea ; caput breve, antice nigricans el carinalum ; prothorax 

 transversus, anlice pauilo anyustior, ulrinque nigricans^ laleribus fere 

 rectis ; abdominis dorsum nigra fasciatuni ; cerci breves ; alee anlicce 

 abdomen longe superantes, lympanu minima, vetice mediaslinalis ramis 

 nigricanlibus ; alee pasiicce valde longiores. 



Male. Testaceous, slender, shining. Head not elongated, blackish 

 and keeled in front. Eyes very prominent. Antennae tawny. Prothorax 

 transverse, a little narrower in front, blackish on each side, where it is 

 vertical ; sides nearly straight. Abdomen with black abbreviated dorsal 

 bands. Cerci short. Fore wings extending much beyond the abdomen; 

 tympanum very small, near the base; longitudinal veins parallel ; trans- 

 verse sectors regular ; subcostal space whitish, with ten or eleven oblique 

 blackish branches of the mediastinal vein. Hind wings extending much 

 beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a. N. Australia. Presented by J. K. Elsey, Esq. 



6. Lauref'a unicolou. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput non produclum, antice vix carinalum ; palporum 

 articulus Zus subsecuriformis ; antenna corpore plus duplo longiores ; 

 prothorax transversus, laleribus vix connexis, cerci abdomine 

 breviores ; libice poslicce vix selulosa, exttis quadri spinasa;, inlus sex- 

 spinosce ; alee anlicce cinerece, reliculatce, abdomen superantes ; alee 

 postica longiores. 



Male. Tawny, shining. Head much shorter than the prothorax* 

 slightly prominent between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes piceous' 

 prominent. Third joint of the palpi very slightly securiform, longer than 

 the second. Antennae more than twice the length of the body. Prothorax 

 transverse, not narrower in front; sides very slightly rounded. Cerci much 

 shorter than the abdomen. Eegs rather slender; hind tibiaj hardly 

 setulose, with four minute spines on the outer side and with six on the 

 inner side. Fore wings cinereous, extending beyoud the abdomen, regu- 

 larly reticulated above and in the subcostal part, where there are eight 

 oblique branches of the mediastinal vein; transverse sectors along the 

 scapular vein pale testaceous. Hind wings extending somewhat beyond 

 the fore wings. Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Navigator's Island. Presented by the late Duke of Northumberland. 



7. Laurepa obscukella. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput breve, anlice subcarinatum ; anlennts gracillimcE, 

 corpore plus duplo longiores ; prothorax sublransvei'sus, antice 

 anguslior, laleribus fere rectis ; cerci breves ; pedes sat validi, tibiis 

 poslicis utrinque subserratis extus quinque spinosis intns seplem- 

 spinosis ; alee anticce abdomen superantes, apices versus reticulata:, 

 timpano sal magna ; alee poslicce valde longiores. 



Male. Tawny, slender, shining. Head not elongated, slightly promi- 

 nent between the eyes. Eyes prominent. Palpi slender; third joint 



