72 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Piceous, thinly pilose. Head and protliovax speckled or inter- 

 laced with tawny. Eyes livid, blackish on the outer side. Prothorax black 

 on each side, this hue limited by two testaceous stripes along the lateral 

 keels. Abdomen black, shining; tip and cerci piceous. Legspiceous; 

 hind femora tawny, obliquely streaked with piceous on the outer side. 

 Fore wings cinereous; veins brownish; mediastinal and scapular veins 

 whitish ; tympanum and hind wings pellucid. Length of the body 

 5 lines. 



Female. Black. Head tawny on each side below the eyes. Palpi 

 piceous. Antennae tawny at the base. Prothorax piceous, black on each 

 side, the two colours separated by a testaceous line. Ventral segments 

 piceous, pale testaceous at the tip. Cerci and oviduct piceous. Fore 

 wings tawny. Length of the body 5 lines. 



a c. King George's Sound. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 

 d. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



nn. Prothorax much narrower in front. 

 Genus 25. LERNECA. 



Mas. Corpus fusiforme, tomentosum, sat gracile. Caput breve, 

 antice vix carinatum. Oculi prominuli, subrotundi. Palpi graciles; 

 articulus 3us subsecuriformis, 2o longior. Antennae gracillimae, corpore 

 multo longiores. Prothorax transversus, antice angustus. Cerci corpore 

 longiores. Pedes sat graciles ; tibia? posticae utrinque subserralae et tri- 

 spinosae. Ala? anticae latiusculae, abdomen paullo superantes, apice reti- 

 culatae, spatio subcostali lato, venis obliquis fere parallelis. Alse posticae 

 valde longiores. 



Male. Body fusiform, tomentose, rather slender. Head short, 

 shining, slightly prominent in front. Eyes prominent, nearly round. 

 Palpi slender; third joint slightly securiform, longer than the second. 

 Antenna? very slender, much longer than the body. Prothorax transverse, 

 much narrower in front. Cerci somewhat longer than the body. Legs 

 rather slender and long; hind tibiae very minutely serrated on each side ; 

 three slender spines on each side beyond the middle. Fore wings rather 

 broad, reticulated near the tips, extending a little beyond the abdomen ; 

 subcostal space broad, with oblique nearly parallel veins. Hind wings 

 extending much beyond the fore wings. 



1. LERNECA VARIPES. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput antice piceum ; palpi albi ; prolhorax fusco sul- 

 conspersus, lateribus piceis ; pedes picei, femoribus posticis testaceo 

 lineatis. 



Male. Tawny. Head in front and eyes piceous. Palpi white. Pro- 

 thorax slightly speckled with brown, piceous between the keels and the side 

 borders. Legs piceous ; hind femora with many oblique parallel testaceous 

 lines on the outer side. Length of the body 5 lines. 



Amazon Region. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



