22 CATALOGUE OF 
Australia. 
25. Crimia AUSTRALIS. 
Mas. Nigra, fere fusiformis ; caput cornu frontali longi-quadrato antice 
furcato, lateribus bispinosis, articulo 20 brevi, 40 fusiformi breviore, 
lo 30que longioribus ; prothorax antice angustior et bituberculatus ; 
ale antice abdominis apicem non attingentes, membrana diaphana 
reticulata. 
Male. Black, flat, minutely punctured, nearly fusiform. Head in 
front with an elongate-quadrate forked horn, which does not extend 
beyond the tip of the first joint of the antenne ; a minute spine behind 
each eye. Rostrum reddish, not resting in a furrow. Antenne about one- 
fourth of the length of the body ; first joint a little shorter than the head ; 
second a little shorter than the first and than the third; fourth fusiform, 
shorter than the second. Prothorax with a very slight transverse furrow at 
a little in front of the middle, much narrower in front, where there is a 
slight tubercle on each side near the fore border. Scutellum triangular. 
Disk of the abdomen sometimes reddish beneath. Fore wings extending to 
a little beyond three-fourths of the length of the abdomen; membrane 
pellucid, with irregularly reticulated veins. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 
b. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 
ce. Queensland. 
New Zealand. 
26. CRIMIA ATTENUATA. 
Mas. Nigra, angusta, linearis ; caput antice conicum ; antenne bre- 
vissime, articulis lo 20 30que aqualibus ; prothorax antice angustior, 
lateribus subrotundatis; segmenta ventralia rufo marginata; ale 
antice abdominis apicem non attingentes, membrana cinerea. 
Male. Black, narrow, linear, minutely punctured. Head conical in 
front; the cone shorter than the first joint of the antenne. Antenne about 
one-fifth of the length of the body; first, second and third joints about 
equal in length. Prothorax narrower in front, with a slight transverse 
middle furrow; sides slightly rounded. Scutellum triangular. Hind 
borders of the ventral segments red. Fore wings extending to three- 
fourths of the length of the abdomen; membrane cinereous. Length of 
the body 4% lines. 
The state of the specimens will not allow a complete description. 
a, 6. New Zealand. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus 4. MEZIRA. 
Mezira, Serv. Hist. Hem. 305. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 115. 
