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Female. Body narrow, nearly cylindrical. Head as broad as the pro- 

 thorax, prominent between the sockets of the antennae; face elongate. 

 Eyes prominent. Third joint of the maxillary palpi clavate, a little longer 

 than the second. Antennas very slender, much more than twice the length 

 of the body; first joint thick, elongate. Pectus with a triangular plate 

 between the middle coxae and the hind coxae. Cerci rather longer than the 

 abdomen, thickly bent, with long slender hairs. Oviduct as long as the 

 cerci. Legs stout, moderately long; femora silicate beneath ; tarsi three- 

 jointed; third joint slender; hind femora incrassated ; hind tibiae with several 

 small spines and with four long stout spines on each side; three of the 

 small spines nearer the base than the first long spine, the others alternate 

 with the long spines. Fore wings extending much beyond the abdomen ; 

 longitudinal veins straight, determinate, nearly parallel ; intermediate spaces 

 thickly and indistinctly reticulated. Hind wings extending somewhat 

 beyond the fore wings. 



1. Tafalisca lurida. 



Foem. Ferruginea, tomentosa ; caput antice nitens ; prothorax piceus, 

 annulis duo bus triangularibus signalus ; cerci picei, basi fermginei ; 

 oviductus fulvus, apice niyer ; tibice nigricantes ; femora poslica 

 piceo strigala; ala, antictc pallide luridcc, piceo venosce, apud coslam 

 albido-testacece. 



Female. Ferruginous, tomentose. Head shining in front. Eyes red. 

 Antennae piceous. Prothorax piceous, with two triangular transversely 

 elongated spaces formed by impressed lines. Cerci piceous, ferruginous 

 towards the base. Oviduct tawny, black at the lip. Tibiae blackish. Hind 

 femora with piceous oblique streaks on the outer side. Fore wings pale 

 lurid, whitish testaceous between the keel on each side and the costa ; veins 

 piceous Hind wings pale testaceous along the costa. Length of the body 

 12 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



oo. Fore wings irregularly reticulated. 

 p. Hind tibice not serrated. 



Genus 12. CARSIDAVA. 



Mas. Corpus angustum, sublineare. Caput subcarinatum. Oculi pro- 

 minuli. Palporum articulus 3us lanceolatus. Antennae longae, graciles. 

 Prothorax subelongatus. Cerci graciles, alulomine breviores. Pedes brevius- 

 culi, sat validi ; femora postica crassa; tibiae poslicas utrinque subserratae et 

 spin is quatuor robustis armatae. Abe anticie confertim et inordinate reti- 

 culata 3 , abdomen longe superantes. Alae posticae paullo longiores. 



Male. Body narrow, nearly linear. Head as broad as the prothorax, 

 rather prominent between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes prominent. 

 Third joint of the maxillary palpi lanceolate, a little longer than the 

 second. Antennae long, slender, joints very numerous. Prothorax rather 

 longer than broad. Cerci slender, shorter than the abdomen. Legs rather 

 short and stout, thinly and minutely setose; tarsi three-jointed, third joint 

 long, slender ; hind femora much incrassated; hind tibiae very minutely 

 serrated on erch side, with four spines on the outer side and with three on 



