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CATALOGUE OF 
Australia. 
25. Mezika proxima. 
Mas et foem. Nigra , fere fusiformis ; caput cornu frontali porrecto 
quadrato furcato ; antennee picece, brevissimee, articulis 2 o 3oque 
aqualibus , lo 4 oque brevioribus hoc fusiformi ; prothorax rufescente 
fasciatus ; pectus margine antico vittaque luteis ; abdomen rufescens, 
subtus lutescens ; pedes rufescentes ; alee anticce abdominis apicem 
non attingentes, corio parvo,membrana diaphana. 
Male and female. Black, flat, minutely punctured, nearly fusiform. 
Head in front with a quadrate forked horn, which is a little longer than the 
first joint of the antennae. Rostrum not extending beyond the head. 
Antennae pieeous, about one-fifth of the length of the body; second joint 
much longer than the first ; third as long as the second ; fourth fusiform, 
much shorter than the third. Prothorax narrower in front, with a slight 
transverse furrow at a little in front of the middle ; sides slightly rounded ; 
a reddish band on the hind border. Scutellum triangular. Pectus with a 
luteous fore border and with a luteous stripe which does not extend to the 
fore border. Abdomen reddish above, with a smooth shining paler red 
disk, luteous beneath. Legs reddish. Fore wings extending to about 
three-fourths of the length of the abdomen ; corium small ; membrane 
pellucid. Length of the body 4 lines. 
a — h. King George’s Sound, Australia. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 
26. Mezira leucotelus. 
Mas. Picea, fusiformis ; caput antice conicum, lateribus bispinosis; 
antennee breves , arliculo 2 o longo , lo 3 oque brevioribus, 4o albo apice 
nigro ; prothorax sexcarinatus, lateribus rotundatis ; pedes breves, 
graciles; alee anticee abdominis apicem fere attingentes , membrana 
cinerea. 
Male. Pieeous, flat, fusiform, minutely punctured. Head conical in 
front; the cone about twice the length of the first joint of the antennae ; 
a spine on the outer side of each antenniferous tubercle. Eyes very promi- 
nent. Rostrum extending to the propectus. Antennae about one-fourth 
of the length of the body ; second joint more than twice the length of the 
first; third much shorter than the second; fourth white, black at the tip, 
shorter than the third. Prothorax a little narrower in front, with six keels 
and with no transverse furrow ; sides rounded. Legs short, slender. Fore 
wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen; membrane cinereous. 
Length of the body 2j lines. 
a. Adelaide. Presented by the Entomological Club. 
27. Mezira albicornis. 
Picea, fusiformis ; caput cornu frontali conico porrecto antice mciso, 
spinis duabus lateralibus ; antennee breves, arliculo 2 o albo apice 
nigro, 3o albo, 4o basi albo ; prothorax sexcarinatus, lateribus rotun- 
datis antice tridentalis ; scutellum marginatum, unicarinatum ; pedes 
breves, graciles : alee anticce abdominis apicem attingentes, membrana 
cinerea fusco guttata. 
