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Female. Body narrow, nearly cylindrical. Head as broad as the pro- 

 thorax, prominent between the sockets of the antenna; face elongate. 

 Eyes prominent. Third joint of the maxillary palpi clavate, a little longer 

 than the second. Antenna? very slender, much more than twice the length 

 of the body; first joint thick, elongate. Pectus with a triangular plate 

 between the middle coxae and the hind coxae. Cerci rather longer than the 

 abdomen, thickly bent, with long slender hairs. Oviduct as long as the 

 cerci. Legs stout, moderately long; femora sulcate beneath ; tarsi three- 

 jointed; third joint slender; hind femora incrassated ; hind tibiae with several 

 small spines and with four long stout spines on each side ; three of the 

 small spines nearer the base than the first long spine, the others alternate 

 with the long spines. Fore wings extending much beyond the abdomen ; 

 longitudinal veins straight, determinate, nearly parallel ; intermediate spaces 

 thickly and indistinctly reticulated. Hind wings extending somewhat 

 beyond the fore wings. 



1. TAFALISCA LURIDA. 



Foem. Ferruginea, tomentosa ; caput antice nitens ; prothorax piceus, 

 annulis duobus triangularibus signatus ; cerci picei, basi ferruginei ; 

 oviductus fulvus, apice niger ; tibia nigricantes ; femora postica 

 piceo strigala ; al& anticce pattide luridce, piceo venosce, apud costam 

 albido-testacea. 



Female. Ferruginous, tomentose. Head shining in front. Eyes red. 

 Antennas piceous. Prothorax piceous, with two triangular transversely 

 elongated spaces formed by impressed lines. Cerci piceous, ferruginous 

 towards the base. Oviduct tawny, black at the tip. Tibiae blackish. Hind 

 femora with piceous oblique streaks on the outer side. Fore wings pale 

 lurid, whitish testaceous between the keel on each side and the costa ; veins 

 piceous. Hind wings pale testaceous along the costa. Length of the body 

 12 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



oo. Fore wings irregularly reticuJ&ied. 

 p. Hind tibise not serrated. M 



Genus 12. CAKSIDAVA. 



Mas. Corpus angustum, sublineare. Caput subcarinatum. Oculi pro- 

 minuli. Palporum avticulus 3us lanceolatus. Antennae longae, graciles. 

 Prothorax subelongatus. Cerci graciles, abdoraine breviores. Pedes brevius- 

 culi, sat validi ; femora postica crassa; tibiae posticae utrinque subserratae et 

 spinis quatuor robustis armatae. Alae anticse confertim et inordinate reti- 

 culatae, abdomen longe superantes. Alae posticae paullo longiores. 



Male. Body narrow, nearly linear. Head as broad as the prothorax, 

 rather prominent between the sockets of the antennas. Eyes prominent. 

 Third joint of the maxillary palpi lanceolate, a little longer than the 

 second. Antennae long, slender, joints very numerous. Prothorax rather 

 longer than broad. Cerci slender, shorter than the abdomen. Legs rather 

 short and stout, thinly and minutely setose; tarsi three-jointed, third joint 

 long, slender; hind femora much incrassated; hind tibiae very minutely 

 serrated on erch side, with four spines on the outer side and with three on 



