98 CATALOGUE OF 
Australia. 
25. MEzZIRA PROXIMA, 
Mas et fem, Nigra, fere fusiformis; caput cornu frontali porrecto 
quadrato furcato; antenne picee, brevissime, articulis 20 30que 
aqualibus, lo 4oque brevioribus hoe fusiformi ; prothorax rufescente 
fascialus ; pectus margine antico villaque luteis ; abdomen rufescens, 
subtus lutescens ; pedes rufescentes; ale antice abdominis apicem 
non attingentes, corio parvo, membrana diaphana. 
Male and female. Black, flat, minutely punctured, nearly fusiform. 
Head in front with a quadrate forked horn, which is a little longer than the 
first joint of the antenne. Rostrum not extending beyond the head. 
Antenne piceous, about one-fifth of the length of the body; second joint 
much longer than the first; third as long as the second; fourth fusiform, 
much shorter than the third. Prothorax narrower in front, with a slight 
transverse furrow at a little in front of the middle; sides slightly rounded ; 
a reddish band on the hind border. Scutellum triangular. Pectus with a 
luteous fore border and with a luteous stripe which does not extend to the 
fore border. Abdomen reddish above, with a smooth shining paler red 
disk, luteous beneath. Legs reddish. Fore wings extending to about 
three-fourths of the length of the abdomen; corium small; membrane 
pellucida. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a—h, King George’s Sound, Australia. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 
26. MEzIRA LEUCOTELUS. 
Mas. Picea, fusiformis; caput antice conicum, lateribus bispinosis; 
antennae breves, articulo 20 longo, lo 30que brevioribus, 40 albo apice 
nigro; prothorax sexcarinatus, lateribus rotundatis ; pedes breves, 
graciles; ale antice abdominis apicem fere atlingentes, membrana 
cinerea. 
Male. Piceous, flat, fusiform, minutely punctured. Head conical in 
front; the cone about twice the length of the first joint of the antenna ; 
a spine on the outer side of each antenniferous tubercle. Eyes very promi- 
nent. Rostrum extending to the propectus. Antenne about one-fourth 
of the length of the body; second joint more than twice the length of the 
first; third much shorter than the second; fourth white, black at the tip, 
shorter than the third. Prothorax a little narrower in front, with six keels 
and with no transverse furrow; sides rounded. Legs short, slender. Fore 
wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen; membrane cinereous. 
Length of the body 2¢ lines. 
a. Adelaide. Presented by the Entomological Club. 
27. MEzIRA ALBICORNIS. 
Picea, fusiformis ; caput cornu frontali conico porrecto antice inciso, 
spinis duabus lateralibus ; antenne breves, articulo 20 albo apice 
nigro, 30 albo, 40 basi albo; prothorax sexcarinatus, lateribus rotun- 
datis antice tridentalis ; scutellum marginatum, unicarinatum ; pedes 
breves, graciles; ale antice abdominis apicem altingentes, membrana 
cinerea fusco guttata. 
