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long, slender and simple ; palpi long and slender ; legs 

 moderately long and spurred ; body long and slender ; 

 colour often white, or slate with black spots; size 

 minute. 



9. Tineida. Wings narrow, much folded in repose ; an- 

 tennse of moderate length, slender and simple ; spiral 

 tongue short ; legs spurred ; thorax rarely crested ; 

 body long and slender ; colour white, buff, or yellow, 

 marked with lines ; size small. 



10. Aleucitidtz. Wings cleft into feathery rays, and car- 

 ried horizontally; antennae long, slender, and setaceous; 

 spiral tongue long; legs long and slender; size small. 



ORDER X. HOMOPTEEA, M'leay. 



Characters. Wings four, membranous and deflexed; anterior 

 pair the larger, and not wrapping over in repose ; body convex ; 

 antenna mostly very short and terminated by a bristle ; mouth 

 arising from the hinder part of the head ; mandibles and maxillae 

 enclosed in a canal. 



SECTION I. 



TRIMERA. Tarsi three-jointed ; antennae minute. 



1. Cicadida. Wings, anterior pair long and narrow: an- 



