CATALOGUE OF 
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Australia. 
25. Crim ia Australis. 
Mas. Nigra, fere fusiformis ; caput cornu frontali longi-quaclrato antice 
furcato, lateribus bispinosis, articulo 2 o brevi , 4o fusiformi breviore, 
1 o 3 ague longioribus ; prothorax antice anguslior et bitubcrculatus ; 
alee anticce abdominis apieexn non atlingentes, membrana diaphana 
reticulata. 
Male. Black, flat, minutely punctured, nearly fusiform. Head in 
front with an elongate-quadrate forked horn, which does not extend 
beyond the tip of the first joint of the antennae ; a minute spine behind 
each eye. Rostrum reddish, not resting in a furrow. Antennae about one- 
fourth of the length of the body ; first joint a little shorter than the head ; 
second a little shorter than the first and than the third ; fourth fusiform, 
shorter than the second. Prothorax with a very slight transverse furrow at 
a little in front of the middle, much narrower in front, where there is a 
slight tubercle on each side near the fore border. Scu tell urn triangular. 
Disk of the abdomen sometimes reddish beneath. Fore wings extending to 
a little beyond three-fourths of the length of the abdomen; membrane 
pellucid, with irregularly reticulated veins. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 
b. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 
c. Queensland. 
New Zealand. 
26. Crimia attenuata. 
Mas. Nigra, angusla, linearis ; caput antice conicum ; antennae bre - 
vissimee, arliculis lo2o 3oque cequalibus ; prolhorax antice angustior, 
lateribus subrotundatis ; segmenla ventralia rufo marginata ; alee 
anticce abdominis apicern non atlingentes, membrana cinerea. 
Male. Black, narrow, linear, minutely punctured. Head conical in 
front; the cone shorter than the first joint of the antennae. Antennae about 
one-fifth of the length of the body; first, second and third joints about 
equal in length. Prothorax narrower in front, with a slight transverse 
middle furrow ; sides slightly rounded. Scutellum triangular. Hind 
borders of the ventral segments red. Fore wings extending to three- 
fourths of the length of the abdomen ; membrane cinereous. Length of 
the body lines. 
The state of the specimens will not allow a complete description. 
a, b. New Zealand. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Genus 4. MEZIRA. 
Mezira, Serv. Hist. Hem. 305. Fieb. Eur. Hem. 115. 
