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

 moderately long and spurred ; body long and slender ; 

 coloui' often white, or slate with black spots; size 

 minute. 

 9. TineidcB. — 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. Aleucitidce, — Wings cleft into feathery rays, and car- 

 ried horizontally; antennse long, slender, and setaceous; 

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



Order X. HOMOPTERA, WLeay. 



Characters. — Wings four, membranous and deflexed; anterior 

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

 antenncB mostly very short and terminated by a bristle ; mo^dll 

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

 enclosed in a canal. 



SECTION I. 



Trimera. — Tarsi three-jointed ; antennse minute. 



1. CicadidcB. — Wings, anterior pair long and narrow; an- 



