20 CATALOGUE OF 



Australasia. 

 19. Mezira Lifdana. 

 Lifuana, Mint. A. S. E. F. 4me Str. i. 69. 

 Lifu. 



20. Meziba minima. 

 minima, Mtrz. A. S. E. F. Ame Se"r. i. 69. 

 Art. 



21. Mezira humilis. 



Picca, fere fusiformis ; caput latum, lobis duobus anticis porrectis magnis 

 rotundatis, spinis duabus laleralibm ; antennae brevissimce, articulis 

 2o Aoque aqualibus, \o breviore,3o longiore ; prothorax subquadratus, 

 non sulcalus ; pedes breves, femorib us subincrassatis ; aloe anlicac 

 abdominis apicem non attingentes, striga corii albida, tnembrana 

 cinerea. 



Piceous, nearly fusiform, very flat, finely punctured. Head broad, 

 forming in front of the base of the antennae two rounded lobes, which are 

 a little longer than the first joint of the latter; a spine on the outer side of 

 each antennifeious tubercle. Antennae rather stout, about one-sixth of the 

 length of the body ; second joint a Utile longer thau the first, shorter than 

 the third; fourth nearly fusiform, as long as the third. Prothorax sub- 

 quadrate, a little narrower in front, slightly transverse; uo transverse 

 furrow. Legs short; femora slightly thickened. Fore wings extending to 

 three-fourths of the length of the abdomen ; a whitish streak along the 

 outer side of the corium ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 

 2\ lines. 



a. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



22. Mezira tricolor. 



Ferruginea, ovalis; caput cornu fronlali porreclo anlico valde inciso, 

 spinis duabus lateralibus ; antenna fulva, breves, articulis lo 2o 

 Aoque aqualibus, Ao piceo clavalo, 3o longiore; prothoracis lobus 

 antictu bituberculatus, lateribus unidentatis ; sculellum piccum, 

 carinatum ; abdomen amplum, segmentis testaceo marginalis, apice 

 piceo ; pedes graciles, brevitisculi ; ala anlica abdominis apicem non 

 attingentes, membrana diaphana. 



Ferruginous, oval, uearly flat, finely punctured. Head in front with 

 a porrect horn, which is deeply notched ou the fore border and is a little 

 longer than the first joint of the antennae; a spine on the outer side of each 

 antennifeious tubercle. Antenna; tawny, less than one-third of the length 

 of the body ; second joint as long as the* first, much shorter than the third ; 

 fourth piceous, clavate, as long as the second. Prothorax narrower in 

 front; fore lobe with a stout tooth on each side and with two intermediate 

 tubercles. Scutellum piceous, keeled. Abdomen with a testaceous band 

 on the hiud border of each segment and with a piceous tip, extending 



