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ee. Fore anterior legs very Ion •». 



/. Hind femora not abruptly attenuated. 



Genus 40. LUZARA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput breve, antice subcarinatum et 

 quadrifoveolatum. Oculi subprorainuli, sat parvo. Palporum articulus 3us 

 subsecuriformis, 2o longior. Antennae graciles. Prothorax transversus, 

 transverse impressus; latera subreflexa, antice convexa. Cerci corpore 

 breviores. Pedes longi, sal graciles, femora poslica crassa ; tibiae posticae 

 utrinque serratae, extus quadrispinosae, inlus trispiuosae. Alae breves? 



Male. Body stout, smooth, shining. Head short, prominent between 

 the sockets of the antennae, with two excavatious on each side in front of 

 the eyes, which are rather small and slightly prominent. Mandibles large. 

 Palpi moderately long and stout ; third joint very slightly securiform, 

 longer than the second. Antennae slender. Prothorax transverse, trans- 

 versely and slightly impressed in the middle, not narrower in front ; lateral 

 keels not defined; sides slightly rerlexed, rounded in front. Cerci rather 

 shorter than the body. Legs long, rather slender; hind femora thick; 

 hind tibia? minutely seriated on each side, with four wide apart spines on 

 the outer side and with three on the inner side. Wings a little more than 

 half the length of the abdomen. 



L. rufipennis is the type of this genus, which has most affinity to 

 Platgdactglus. The specimen described does not appear to have attained 

 its full de\elopinent. 



1. LtTZARA RUFIPENNIS. 



Mas. Niger; caput antice fulvum ; antenna testuceo annulatce ; pro- 

 thorax testacco bimaculatus, rufesvente marginatus ; abdomen fulvo 

 conspersum ; cerci fulvi, lasi nigricantes ; femora postica fulva, nigra 

 oblique slrigata ; alee antica rufa. 



Male. Black. Head tawny about the mouth and with the lateral 

 palpi of the same hue. Sockets of the antennae and ocelli testaceous. 

 Eyes piceous, small. Maxillary palpi piceous. Antennae testaceous at the 

 base, and with some testaceous rings. Prothorax with a reddish border 

 and with a testaceous spot on each side in front. Abdomen with tawny 

 speckles ; under side mostly tawny. Cerci tawny, blackish towards the 

 base. Four anterior legs mostly tawny. Hind femora tawny, black 

 towards the tips and with black oblique streaks on the outer side. Fore 

 wings red. Leugth of the body 9^ lines. 



a. Columbia. From M. Salle's collection. 



2. LUZARA? FERRUGINEA. 



Foem. Ferruginea, robusta, sabsetosa; caput prothorace angustius, facie 

 livida, margine portico utrinque nigro; palpi articulo 3o oblique 

 truncato ; cerci corpore paullo breviures ; oviductus rufescens, corpore 

 ifix brevior ; pedes qualuor anteriores longiusculi, femoribus piceo 

 variis, iibiis tarsisque nigricantibus, tibiis teslaceo fasciatis ; alw 



