22 CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 



25. Crimia Australis. 



Mas. Nigra, fere fusiformis ; caput cornu frontali longi-quadrato antice 

 furcato, lateribus bispinosis, articulo 2o brevi, Ao fusiformi breviore, 

 lo 'Soque longioribus ; prothorax anlice anguslior el bituberculatus ; 

 alee anticce abdominis apicem non attingentes, membrana diaphana 

 reticulata. 



Male. Black, flat, minutely punctured, nearly fusiform. Head in 

 front with an elongate-quadrate forked born, which does not extend 

 beyond the tip of the first joint of the auteunae ; a minute spine behiud 

 each eye. Kostrum reddish, not resting in a furrow. Antennae 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. 



c. Queensland. 



New Zealand. 



26. Crimia attenuata. 



Mas. Nigra, angusta, linearis ; caput anlice conicum ; antennce bre- 

 vissimce, articulis lo2o 3oque ccqualibus ; prothorax anlice angustior, 

 lateribus subrotundatis ; segmenta ventralia rufo marginata ; ala 

 anlica abdominis apicem non attingenles, membrana cinerea. 



Male. Black, narrow, linear, minutely punctured. Head conical in 

 front; the cone shorter than the first joint of the antenna?. Antennas 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, b. New Zealand. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 4. MEZIRA. 

 Mezira, Serv. Hist. Hem. 305. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 115. 



