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CATALOGUE OF 
Australasia. 
19. Mezira Lifcana. 
Lifuana, Mlrz. A. S. E. F. 4 me Sir. i. 69. 
Lifu. 
20. Mezira minima. 
minima, Mlrz. A. S. E. F. 4me Sir. i. 69. 
Art. 
21. Mezira humilis. 
Picea.fere fusiformis ; caput latum, lobis duobus anticis porreclis magnis 
rotundatis, spinis duabus lateralibus ; anlennce brevissimce, articulis 
2 o 4oque cequalibus , 1 o breviore,3o longiore ; prothorax subquadratus, 
non sulcatus ; pedes breves, femoribus subincrassalis ; alee anticcc 
abdominis apicem non attingentes , striga corii albida, membrana 
cinerea. 
Piceous, nearly fusiform, very flat, finely punctured. Head broad, 
forming in front of the base of the antenna: two rounded lobes, which are 
a little longer than the first joint of the latter; a spine on the outer side of 
each antenniferous tubercle. Antennae rather stout, about one-sixth of the 
length of the body ; second joint a little longer than the first, shorter than 
the third; fourth nearly fusiform, as long as the third. Prothorax sub- 
quadrate, a little narrower in front, slightly transverse; no transverse 
furrow. Legs short; femora slightly thickened. Fore wings extending to 
three-fourths of the length of the abdomen ; a whitish streak along the 
outer side of the corium ; membrane cinereous. Length of the body 
2\ lines. 
a. New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
22. Mezira tricolor. 
Ferruginea, ovalis ; caput cornu frontali porrecto anlico valde inciso, 
spinis duabus lateralibus ; anlennce fulvee, breves, articulis 1 o 2 o 
4oque cequalibus, 4 o piceo clavato, 3o longiore ; prothoracis lobus 
anticus biluberculalus, laleribus unidentatis ; sculellum piceum, 
carinatum ; abdomen amplum, segmentis teslaceo marginatis, apice 
piceo ; pedes graciles, breviusculi ; alee anticcc abdominis apicem non 
attingentes, membrana diaphana. 
Ferruginous, oval, nearly flat, finely punctured. Head in front with 
a porrect horn, which is deeply notched on the fore border and is a little 
longer than the first joint of the antennae; a spine on the outer side of each 
antenniferous tubercle. Antennae lawny, less than one-third of the length 
of the body; second joint as long as the first, much shorter than the third ; 
fourth piceous, clavate, as long as the second. Prothorax narrower in 
front; lore lobe with a stout tooth on each side and with two intermediate 
tubercles. Scutellum piceous, keeled. Abdomen with a^teslaceous band 
on the hind border of each segment and with a piceous tip, extending 
