72 CATAMOUE OF 



Male. Piceous, thinly pilose. Head and prothorax speckled or inter- 

 laced with tawny. Eyes livid, blackish on the outer side. Prothorax black 

 on each side, this hue limited by two testaceous stripes along the lateral 

 keels. Abdomen black, shining; tip and cerci piceous. Legs piceous ; 

 hind femora tawny, obliquely streaked with piceous on the outer side. 

 Fore wings cinereous; veins' brownish; mediastinal and scapular veins 

 whitish ; tympanum and hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 

 5j lines. 



Female. Black. Head tawny on each side below the eyes. Palpi 

 piceous. Antennae tawny at the base. Prothorax piceous, black on each 

 side, the two colours separated by a testaceous line. Ventral segments 

 piceous, pale testaceous at the tip. Cerci and ovtduct piceous. Fore 

 wings tawny. Length of the body 5 lines. 



a — c. King George's Sound. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 

 d. Swan River. Preseuted by Sir J. Richardson. 



tin. Prothorax much narrower in front. 

 Genus 25. LERNECA. 

 Mas. Corpus fusiforme, tomentosum, sat gracile. Caput breve, 

 anlice vix carinatum. Oculi prominuli, subrotundi. Palpi graciles; 

 arliculus 3us subsecuriformis, 2o longior. Antennae gracillimae, corpore 

 multo longiores. Prothorax transversus, antice angustus. Cerci corpore 

 longiores. Pedes sat graciles ; tibia; posticae utrinque subserous et tri- 

 spinosa;. Alae auticse latiusculs, abdomen paullo superantes, apice reti- 

 culata?, spatio subcostali lato, venis obliquis fere parallelis. Alie posticse 

 valde longiores. 



Male. Body fusiform, tomentose, rather slender. Head short, 

 shining, slightly prominent in front. Eyes prominent, nearly round. 

 Palpi slender; third joint slightly securiform, longer than the second. 

 Antennae very slender, much longer than the body. Prothorax transverse, 

 much narrower in front. Cerci somewhat longer than the body. Legs 

 rather slender and long; hind tibiae very minutely serrated on each side ; 

 three slender spines on each side beyond the middle. Fore wings rather 

 broad, reticulated near the tips, extending a little beyond the abdomen; 

 subcostal space broad, with oblique nearly parallel veins. Hind wings 

 extending much beyond the fore wings. 



1. Lf.rneca varipes. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput antice piceum ; palpi albi ; prothorax fusco sul- 

 conspersus, lateribus piceis ; pedes picei, femoribus posticis testaceo 

 line otis. 



Male. Tawny. Head in front and eyes piceous. Palpi white. Pro- 

 thorax slightly speckled with brown, piceous between the keels and the side 

 borders. Legs piceous ; hind femora with many oblique parallel testaceous 

 lines on the outer side. Length of the body 5 lines. 



Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



