196 SIALID^E. 



Metathorax latitudine brevior. Abdomen breve, obesum, hirsutuin. 

 Alas amplae, longitudinaliter sinuatae, quasi plicatiles, magnitudine 

 subaequales. Tarsi 5-articulati. 



Ithone, Newm. Ent. Mag. v. 180. 



1. ITHONE FUSCA. 



Fusca, setosa, subtus dilutior et paulloflavescens : alee fusees centes ; 

 vena longitudinales setis tectce, transverse nisi supracostales 

 nud<&. 



Ithone fusca, Newm. Ent. Mag. v. 181. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. New Holland. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



c. New Holland. From the Eev. J. Wenham's collection. 



d. Swan River. Presented by Sir John Richardson. 



Genus 3. MEROPE. 



Caput corpore valde angustius, pronum, antice elongatum. 

 Os sub pectore inclinatum. Antennae corporis dimidio vix brevi- 

 ores, multi-articulatae, ante medium incrassatae, apice tenues, ante 

 oculos insertse, basi fere attingentes; articuli hirsuti, longitudine 

 subaequales. Oculi elongati, reniformes, ad verticem, quasi Dipte- 

 rorum conniventes, et infra antennas approximates. Instrumenta 

 cibaria elongata et rostrum, quasi Panorpce formantes. Labrum 

 elongatum, apice acutissimum. Ala3 baud plicatae, reticulatae, am- 

 plissimae, quasi Hemerobii, apice rotundatae, magnitudine subae- 

 quales. Tarsi 5-articulati. Abdomen obesum, apice acutum. 



Merope, Newm. Ent. Mag. v. 180. Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 iv. 194. 



1. MEKOPE TUBEB. 



Fuscescens ; antenna, caput et prothorax saturatiora; abdomen, 

 pedes et alee dilutiora ; oculi nigri ; alarum anticarum. margo 

 posterior prope basin inhere parvo instructa. 



Merope tuber, Newm. Ent. Mag. v. 180. 



a. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by the Entomological 

 Club. 



