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widely on each side beyond the fore wings. Legs slender, rather short, 

 Fore wings extending to three-fourths of the abdomen ; membrane 

 pellucid. Length of the body 3| lines. 



a. New Guinea. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



23. Mezira ferrea. 



Mas. Ferruginea, fere linearis, subtus rufa ; caput comu frontali 

 porrecto conico subfurcato ; antenn<e corporis dimidio breviores, 

 articulis \o 2o 3oquefere cequalibus, 4o clavalo breviore apicem versus 

 leslaceo ; prolhorax anlice quadricallosus ; scutellum marginatum; 

 abdomen apice tumidum ; aloe an tic a abdominis apicem fere altin- 

 gentes, membrana lurida. 



Male. Ferruginous, flat, nearly linear, red beneath. Head in front 

 with a slightly forked cone, which is a little shorter than the first joint of 

 the antenna? ; antenniferous tubercles unarmed ; no furrow for the reception 

 of the rostrum, which is red. Antenna? somewhat less than half the length 

 of the body; first, second and third joints nearly equal in length; fourth 

 clavate, testaceous towards the tip, shorter than the third. Lobes of the 

 prothorax rounded, not dilated on each side; fore lobe forming four com- 

 partments or calli. Scutellum triangular, with elevated sides. Abdomen 

 tumid at the tip. Fore wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen ; 

 membrane lurid, with numerous longitudinal veins. Length of the body 

 5 lines. 



a. Sarawak. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



24. Mezira subfurcata. 



Mas. Nigra, fere fusiformis ; caput comu frontali porrecto antice 

 bilobato, lateribus quadrispinosis ; antenna breves, articulis \o 2o 

 Aoque aqualibus Ao fusiformi, 3o longiore ; prothorax vix bilobatus, 

 lateribus postice convexis antice subconcavis ; pedes brevissimi, obscure 

 rufi, femoribus nigris subincrassalis ; ala antica? abdominis apicem 

 non altingentes, plaga corii albida, membrana niyricante. 



Male, Black, flat, finely punctured, nearly fusiform. Head in front 

 with an elongate-quadrate horn, which rather exceeds in length the first 

 joint of the antennae and forms two ruunded lobes at the tip ; a spine on 

 the outer side of each antenniferous tubercle and another behind each eye. 

 Antenna? nearly one-fourth of the length of the body ; second joint as long 

 as the first, shorter than the third ; fourth nearly fusiform, as long as the 

 second. Prothorax narrower in front, hardly forming two lobes ; sides 

 convex in the hind part, slightly concave in front. Legs dark red, very 

 short; femora black, slightly thickened. Fore wings exlending to two- 

 thirds of the length of the abdomen ; cerium with a whitish patch along 

 the outer border; membrane blackish. Length of the body 3J lines. 



a. Aru. Presented by VV. W. Saunders, Esq. 



