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5. Laurepa frontalis. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput breve, antice nigricans el carinalum ; prothorax 

 transversus, antice paullo angustior, utrinque nigricans, lateribus fere 

 reclis ; abdominis dorsum nigra fasciatum ; cerci breves ; ales anticce 

 abdomen longe superantes, tympano minimo, vena mediaslinalis ramis 

 nigricantibus ; ala postica valde longiores. 



Male. Testaceous, slender, shining. Head not elongated, blackish 

 and keeled in front. Eyes very prominent. Antennae tawny. Prothorax 

 transverse, a little narrower in front, blackish on each side, where it is 

 vertical ; sides nearly straight. Abdomen with black abbreviated dorsal 

 bands. Cerci short. Fore wings extending much beyond the abdomen; 

 tympanum very small, near the base; longitudinal veins parallel ; trans- 

 verse sectors regular ; subcostal space whitish, with ten or eleven oblique 

 blackish branches of the mediastinal vein. Hind wings extending much 

 beyond the fore wings. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a. N. Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



6. Laurepa UN1COLOR. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput non productum, antice vix carinatum ; palporum 

 arliculus 'ius subseeuriformis ; antenna corpore plus duplo longiores ; 

 prothorax transversus, lateribus vix connexis, cerci abdomine 

 breviores ; tibia postica vix selulosa, extus quadri spinosa, intus sex- 

 spinosa ; aloe antica cinerea, reticulatce, abdomen superantes ; alw 

 postica longiores. 

 Male. Tawny, shining. Head much shorter than the prothorax> 

 slightly prominent between the sockets of the antennae. Eyes piceous' 

 prominent. Third joint of the palpi very slightly securiform, longer than 

 the second. Antennae more than twice the length of the body. Prothorax 

 transverse, not narrower in front; sides very slightly rounded. Cerci much 

 shorter than the abdomen. Legs rather slender ; hind tibiae hardly 

 setulose, with four minute spines on the outer side and with six on the 

 inner side. Fore wings cinereous, extending beyond the abdomen, regu- 

 larly reticulated above and in the subcostal part, where there are eight 

 oblique branches of the mediastinal vein; transverse sectors along the 

 scapular vein pale testaceous. Hind wings extending somewhat beyond 

 the fore wings. Length of the body 7 lines. 

 a. Navigator's Island. Presented by the late Duke of Northumberland. 



7. Laurepa obscurella. 

 Mas. Fulva ; caput breve, antice subcarinalum ; antenna: gracillima, 

 corpore plus duplo longiores ; prothorax subtransversus, antice 

 angustior, lateribus fere rectis ; cerci breves ; pedes sat validi, tibiis 

 poslicis utrinque subserratis extus quinque spinosis intus septem- 

 spinosis; ula anticos abdomen superantes, apices versus reticulata; 

 tympano sat mayno ; ala postica valde longiores. 

 Male. Tawny, slender, shining. Head not elongated, slightly promi- 

 nent between the eyes. Eyes prominent. Palpi slender; third joint 



