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Wings perfectly explicate, apical triangular area small. 

 Femora moderately spinose. Supra-anal lamina of both sexes 

 transverse, very narrow. Male without styles. Female Avith 

 last ventral segments large. 



The genus comprises only small-sized insects. The costal vein 

 is short, straight, and cuts off a broad area ; the radial and ulnar 

 veins are united (or rather the latter is obsolete), and emit 

 branches on both sides, which is not the case in any other family. 

 The anal vein curves convexly towards the hindmargin, and 

 near it turns outward and meets the margin obliquely. The anal 

 area is comparatively broad, and it and the radial area are pro- 

 vided with transverse veinlets. 



EcTOBiA LiviDA (Fabr.), Brunner, Syst., 59. 



" Body pale. Head brown, vertex ferruginous. Prone tum 

 large, margin of disk slightly reddish. Elytra flat, broad, as long 

 as the abdomen or longer, with brownish dots along the radial 

 vein, sometimes obsolete. Legs pale brownish. Abdomen black, 

 margins and apex pale. 



Length of body ... 

 Length of elytra 

 Length of pronotum 

 Width of pronotum 



Habitat. — Europe, Africa (Bruimer), Australia (Walker).'' 



EcTOBiA MARCIDA {Evichson), Br., Syst., 61. 



" Body pale. Disk of pronotum clouded with testaceous. 

 Elytra sparingly veined, interstices brownish. Abdomen piceous, 

 margins pale. Neither measure nor sex recorded. 



Habitat. — Tasm ania. " 



EcTOBiA LUCIDA, Brunner, Syst., 62. 



" Body chesnut-coloured, shining. Pronotum with lateral 

 margins and median streak scarcely distinct. Elytra with costal 

 area sometimes testaceous, acuminate ; radial and ulnar veins 

 separated at the base, emitting parallel branches towards the apex, 

 none to sutural margin. 



Male. 

 Length of body ... ... ... ... 7 mm. 



Length of elytra ... ... ... 8 " 



Length of pronotum ... ... ... 1*8 " 



Width of pronotum 2-3." 



Habitat. — Australia." 



