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Habitat in America centrali (Guatemala) et aiistrali 

 (Nova Granada, Venezuela, Brasilia). 



Species subsequens Walkeriana sec. D. Distant (in 

 litt.) hujusce generis est species. 



19. N. proximus Walk. 



,,Mas et foem. Nigra, fere fusiformis ; caput cornu 

 frontali porrecto quadrato furcato; antennae piceae, brevis- 

 simae, articulis 2o 3 oque aequalibus, lo 4 oque breviori- 

 bus hoc fusiformi; protliorax rufescente fasciatus; pectus 

 margine autico vittaque luteis ; abdomen rufescens, subtus 

 lutescens; pedes rufescentes; alae anticae abdominis apicem 

 non attingentes, corio parvo, membrana diaphana." 



Mezira proxima Walk., Cat. Hem. Het. Brit. Mus. 

 VH, p. 28. 



„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 anten- 

 nae. 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 se- 

 cond; fourth fusiform, much shorter than the third. Protho- 

 rax narrower in front, with a slight transverse furrow at a 

 little in front of the middle; sides slightly rounded; a red- 

 dish band on the hind börder. Scutellum triangulär. Pec- 

 tus with a luteous före börder and with a luteous stripe 

 which does not extend to the före horder. Abdomen red- 

 dish above, with a smooth shining paler red disk, luteous 

 beneath. Legs reddish. Före Avings extending to about 

 three-fourths of the length of the abdomen ; corium small ; 

 membrane pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 



King George's Sound, Australia. Presented by Sir 

 G. Grey." 





