Q8 CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 



25. Mezira proxima. 



Mas et foera. Nigra, fere fusiformis ; caput cornu frontali porrecto 

 quadralo furcalo ; antenna picea, brevissimcs, articulis '2o 3oque 

 aquaiibus, lo 4oque brevioribus hoc fusiformi ; pro thorax rufescente 

 fasciatus; pectus margine antico vittaque luleis ; abdomen rufescens, 

 subtus lulescens ; pedes rufescenles ; alee anticce 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 antenna?. Rostrum not extending beyond the head. 

 Antennae 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 

 pellucid. 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, laleribus bispinosis; 

 antenna breves, articulo 2o longo, \o 3oque brevioribus, 4o albo apice 

 nigro ; prothorax sexcarinatus, lateribus rotundalis ; pedes breves, 

 graciles ; alee anticce abdominis apicem fere attingentes, membrana 

 cinerea. 



Male. Piceous, flat, fusiform, minutely punctured. Head conical in 

 front; the cone about twice the length of the first joint of the antennae ; 

 a spine on the outer side of each antenniferous tubercle. Eyes very promi- 

 nent. Rostrum extending to the propectus. Antennae 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 

 aud with no transverse furrow ; sides rounded. Legs short, slender. Fore 

 wings extending nearly lo the tip of the abdomen; membrane cinereous. 

 Length of the body 2i lines. 



a. Adelaide. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



27. Mezira albicornis. 



Picea, fusiformis ; caput cornu frontali conico porrecto antice inciso, 

 spinis duabus lateralibus ; antenna breves, articulo lo albo apice 

 nigro, 3o albo, Ao basi albo ; prothorax sexcarinatus, lateribus rottm- 

 datis antice tridentalis ; scutellum marginatum, unicarinatum ; pedes 

 breves, graciles ; alee anlica abdominis apicem attingentes, membrana 

 cinerea fusco guttata. 



