28 CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 



25. Mezira proxima. 



Mas et fcem. Nigra, fere fusiformis; caput cornu frontali porrecto 

 quadra to furcalo ; antenna: picea:, brevissima:, articulis 2o 3oque 

 aqualibus, \o Aoque brevioribus hoc fusiform) ; prothorax rufescenle 

 fasciatus; pectus margine antico vitlaque luleis ; abdomen rufescens, 

 subtus lulescens ; pedes rufescentes ; alat antico: abdominis apicem 

 non attingentes, corio parvo, membrana diaphana. 



Male and female. Black, flat, minutely punctured, nearly fusiform. 

 Head in fiont with a quadrate forked horn, which is a little longer than the 

 first joint of the antenna?. Rostrum not extending beyond the head. 

 Antenna? piceous, about one-fifth of the length of the body; second joint 

 much longer than the first; third as long as the second; fourth fusiform, 

 much shorter than the third. Prothorax narrower in front, with a slight 

 transverse furrow al a little in front of the middle ; sides slightly rounded ; 

 a reddish band on the hind border. Seutellum triangular. Pectus with a 

 luteous fore border and with a luteous stripe which does not extend to the 

 fore border. Abdomen reddish above, with a smooth shining paler red 

 disk, luteous beneath. Legs reddish. Fore wings extending to about 

 three-fourths of the length of the abdomen; corium small; membrane 

 pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 



o— h. King George's Sound, Australia. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 



2b'. Mezira leucotelus. 



Mas. Picea, fusiformis; caput antice conicum, lateribus bispinosis; 

 antenna: breves, arliculo 2o longo, \o 3oque brevioribus, \o albo apice 

 nigra; prothorax sexcarinalus, lateribus rotundalis ; pedes breves, 

 graciles ; ala: antico: abdominis apicem fere atlingenles, membrana 

 cinerca. 



Male. Piceous, flat, fusiform, minutely punctured. Head conical in 

 front ; the cone about twice the length of the first joint of the antenna? ; 

 a spine on the outer side of each antenniferous tubercle. Eyes very promi- 

 nent Rostrum extending to the propectus. Autenna? about one-fourth 

 of the length of the body ; second joint more than twice the length of the 

 first; third much shorter than the second ; fourth white, black at the tip, 

 shorter than the third. Prothorax a little narrower in front, with six keels 

 and with no transverse furrow; sides rounded. Legs short, slender. Fore 

 wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen; membrane cinereous. 

 Length of the body 2\ lines. 



a. Adelaide. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



27. Mezira albicornis. 



Picea, fusiformis ; caput cornu frontali conico porrecto antice inciso, 

 tpinis diiabus lateralibus ; antenna: breves, articulo 2o albo apice 

 nigra, 3o albo, Ao basi albo ; prothorax sexcarinatus, lateribus rotun- 

 dalis antice tridentatis ; scutellum marginatum, unicarinatum ; pedes 

 brevet, graciles : aUe anlicce abdominis apicem atlingentcs, membrana 

 cinerea fusco guttata. 



