of new Fig-Insects. 3 



a coronated apex; the 8th joint is considerably larger 

 than the rest, which are nearly co-equal with each other, 

 and the conical 12th is nearly concealed within its over- 

 lapping garniture. These large ornate joints, together 

 with the small 5th, 6th, and 7th (the 5th being very 

 minute) are caerulescent, the four basal joints contrasting 

 therewith as pale yellow ; of these the scape is elongate- 

 oval, the 2nd joint longer than broad and internally 

 curvate, the 3rd short and transverse, and the 4th pro- 

 jecting externally and constituting an acute elongate 

 spine, the minute 5th joint being inserted at its inner 

 base. (Plate I., fig. 14). 



The veining of the fore wing is also very peculiar, the 

 ordinary deflexed cubitus being entirely absent on the 

 disc, the post-costal vein diverging from the costa and 

 terminating towards the middle of the anterior margin, 

 but apart therefrom, in an elongate clava having a beak- 

 shaped apex, with a hair-like prolongation traceable far 

 in advance. The posterior margin of the wing is obliquely 

 deflected in a straight line from the base to about the 

 middle, beyond which it is delicately fimbriated to the 

 apex. The disc is smooth, with a series of fine striae 

 beyond its centre. The hind wing is subacuminate at 

 the apex, emarginate behind at its base, with the costa 

 and post-costal vein forming together a strong arcuate 

 belt extending to about half the length of the basal 

 curve, and having an oblique prolongation, less defined, 

 up to the marginal centre where uniting with the fore 

 wing by three booklets. 



The head of the female is elongate-oval, with the 

 usual longitudinal furrow above, and having a prominent 

 recurvate horn at the base. (Plate I., fig. 5). The 

 thorax is of the same width as the head and rather 

 longer ; the fore legs are small, with the femora slightly 

 distended, short curvate tibiae, and long tarsi ; the middle 

 legs are long and slender, and the hind legs have short 

 femora, broad at the base and narrow at the apex ; the 

 tibiae are very short, narrow at the base, and broadly 

 truncate at the apex ; the tarsi very elongate ; all being 

 five-jointed. The abdomen is about the same length and 

 width as the head ; the ovipositor slender and flexible, 

 about twice the length of the abdomen, and its sheaths, 

 when apart therefrom, are usually spirally curled. 



The apterous male has a small head, rather broader 

 than long, with black subrotundate maculae in the position 



