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prominuli. Antennae longse, gracillimae. Prothorix longiusculus, selli- 

 fortnis, subrugulosus, [submarginatus, lateribus postice rotundatis. Pro- 

 sternum bispinosum. Mesosternum valde ineisum. Lamina subgenitalis 

 bilobata. Cerci crassi, brevissimi, arcuati. Pedes graciles, femoribus 

 posticis biseriatim spinulosis, tibiis posticis quadriseriatim spinulosis. Alae 

 anticae dense et inordiuatim reticulate, abdomen paullo superantes. Ala? 

 posticae nulhe. 



Male. Body slender, shining. Head short, a little broader than the 

 fore border of the prothorax; a short erect conical horn between the 

 antennas, with a stout porrect spine on its fore side ; hind part roughly 

 punctured ; fore part large, nearly smooth. Eyes small, round, very promi- 

 nent. Fourth joint of the maxillary palpi shorter than the third ; fifth sub- 

 clavate, obliquely truncated, much longer than the third. Antennae long, 

 very slender. Prolhorax slightly rugulose, elongate, saddle-shaped, with a 

 slightly elevated border ; a slight oblique furrow on each side ; fore border 

 very slightly concave in the middle ; sides rounded hindward ; hind border 

 slightly rounded, slightly notched on each side. Prosternum with two long 

 slender spines. Mesosternum deeply notched. Metasiernum entire. 

 Subgenital lamina bilobed. Cerci curved, very short and stout. Legs 

 slender ; four anterior femora and tibia? unarmed ; hind femora with two 

 rows of very minute spines beneath ; hind tibia? with four rows of very 

 minute spines. Fore wings extending a little beyond the tip of the abdo- 

 men, thickly and irregularly reticulated. Hind wings not developed. 



1. BANZA. NIGRIFRONS. 



Mas. Testacea; caput antice nigrum, clypeo labrogue testaceis ; antennae 

 basi nigro biguttatce ; prothorax niyro bipunctalus ; pectus niger ; 

 venter nigro bivittatus et biseriatim guttatus ; pedes nigro conspersi ; 

 alee anticce picece, testaceo venosce. 



Male. Testaceous. Head black in front ; clypeus and labrum testa- 

 ceous. Eyes pale livid. First joint of the antenna? with two black dots 

 and a black line on the fore border ; second mostly black. Prothorax with 

 a narrow black point on each side of the fore disk ; sutures partly black. 

 Pectus black. Abdomen beneath with a short black stripe on each side 

 and with two rows of black dots. Legs speckled with black; spines with 

 black tips. Fore wings piceous ; veins testaceous. Length of the body 

 9 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 15 lines. 



a. Loochoo Isles. Presented by Capt. Beachey. 



Genus LEZINA, page 199. 

 LEZINA CONCOLOR, page 200. 



Mas. Testacea, sat gracilis, fere cylindrica ; caput prothorace paullo 

 latins; oculi fere fusiformes,non prominuli ; cerci setacei, setulosi, 

 abdomini aquilongi ; pedes longiusculi, sat graciles, femoribus 

 quatuor anterioribus uniseriatim spinulosis, femoribus posticis tibiis- 

 que quatuor anterioribus biseriatim spinulosis, tibiis poslicis biseriatim 

 spinosis subtus unispinosis apice quadrispinosis. 



Male. Testaceous, smooth, shining, rather slender, nearly cylindrical. 

 Head a little broader than the prothorax ; front thinly punctured, separated 



