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ee. Fore anterior legs very long. 



/. Hind femora not abruptly attenuated. 



Genus 40. LUZARA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput breve, antice subcarinalum et 

 quadrifoveolatum. Oculi subprominuli, sat parvo. Palporura articulus 3us 

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

 transverse impressus; latera subreflexa, antice convexa. Cerci corpore 

 breviores. Pedes longi, sat graciles, femora posiica crassa ; tibiae posticae 

 utrinque serratae, extus quadrispinosae, intus trispinosae. Alae breves? 



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

 the sockets of the antennae, with two excavations 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. Antennas slender. Prothorax transverse, trans- 

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

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

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

 hind tibiae minutely serrated 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. rufipenni* is the type of this genus, which has most affinity to 

 Platydai-tylus. The specimen described does not appear to have attained 

 its full development. 



1. LUZARA RUFIPENNIS. 



Mas. Niger; caput antice fulvum ; antennae lestnceo annulate; pro- 

 thorax testaceo bimaculatns, rufescente marginatus ; abdomen fuivo 

 conspersum ; cerci fulvi, basi nigricantes ; femora postica fulva, nigro 

 oblique slrigata ; alee anticae rufte. 



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. Length of the body 9^ lines. 



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



2. LUZARA? FERRUGINEA. 



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

 livida, margine poslico utrinque nigro; palpi articulo 30 oblique 

 truncato ; cerci corpore paullo breviores ; oviductus rufescens, corpore 

 vix brevior ; pedes quatuor anteriores longiusculi, femoribus piceo 

 variis, tibiis tarsisque nigricantibus, tibiis leslaceo fasciatis ; aUe 



