26 CATALOGUE OF 



Australasia. 

 19. Mezira Lifdana. 

 Lifuana, Mtrz. A. S. E. F. 4me Ser. i. 69. 

 Lifu. 



20. Mezira minima. 

 minima, Mtrz. A. S. E. F. 4me Sir. \. 69. 

 Art. 



21. Mezira humilis. 



Picea,fere fusiformis ; caput latum, lolls duobus aniicis porrectis magnis 

 rotundatis, spinis duabus lateralibus ; antenna brevissima, articulis 

 2o Aoque aqualibus, \o breviore, 3o longiore ; prolhorax subquadratus, 

 non sulcatus ; pedes breves, femoribus subincrassatis ; alee anlica 

 abdominis apicem non attingentes, striga corii albida, membrana 

 cinerea. 

 Piceous, nearly fusiform, very flat, finely punctured. Head broad, 

 forming in front of the base of the antennae two rounded lobes, which are 

 a little longer than the first joint of the latter; a spine on the outer side of 

 each antennifeious tubercle. Antennae rather stout, about one-sixth of the 

 length of the body ; second joint a little longer than the first, shorter than 

 the third; fourth nearly fusiform, as long as the third. Prothorax sub- 

 quadrate, a little narrower in front, slightly transverse; no transverse 

 furrow. Legs short; femora slightly thickened. Fore wings extending to 

 three-fourths of the length of the abdomen ; a whitish streak along the 

 outer side of the corium ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 

 2\ lines. 



a. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



22. Mezira tricolor. 



Ferruginea, ovalis ; caput comu frontali porreclo antico valdc inciso, 

 spinis duabus lateralibus; antenna fulvce, breves, articulis lo 2o 

 Aoque aqualibus, 4o piceo clavalo, 3o longiore ; prot/wracis lobus 

 anticus biluberculalus, laleribus unidentatis ; scutellum piceum, 

 carinatum ; abdomen amplum, segmentis teslaceo marginatis, apice 

 piceo ; pedes graciles, breviusculi ; ala antica abdominis apicem non 

 attingentes, membrana diaphana. 



Ferruginous, oval, nearly flat, finely punctured. Head in front with 

 a porrect horn, which is deeply notched on the fore border and is a little 

 longer than the first joint of the antennae; a spine on the outer side of each 

 antennifeious tubercle. Antennae tawny, less than one-third of ihe length 

 of the body ; second joint as long as the first, much shorter than the third ; 

 fourth piceous, clavate, as long as the second. Prothorax narrower in 

 front; fore lobe with a stout tooth on each side and with two intermediate 

 tubercles. Scutellum piceous, keeled. Abdomen with atestaceous band 

 on the hind border of each segment and with a piceous lip, extending 



