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Emerald green, thickly and somewhat coarsely punc- 

 tured. Antennas black, bright green towards the base. 

 Abdomen more finely punctured than the thorax ; 

 second segment more finely punctured than the first, 

 almost smooth and with purplish blue reflections along 

 its hind border ; hind border of the third segment 

 slightly rugulose ; fourth segment very short, not 

 dentate. Tarsi black. Win^s blackish, cinereous hind- 



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ward; veins black. Length of the body, 7 lines; of the 

 wings, 9 lines. 



ARACHNIDS. 



Nepliila plumipes. (Koch.) 



List, with descriptions of New Species of Annelides 

 from Vancouver Island. 



I have described the parasite in the keyhole limpet, 

 Lepidonotus lordi, nov. sp., and where I found it, in 

 Vol. II. 



Lepidonotus insignis. (Baird.) N. S. 



This is a very fine species of the genus Lepidonotus. 

 It is rather more than three inches long, and is nearly half 

 an inch in breadth exclusive of the seta3 of the feet. 

 On the upper surface the body is of a whitish colour, 

 marbled with black. The sides, which are covered by the 

 elytra, are white, and a broad line runs down the centre 

 of the dorsum, throughout its whole length. The feet 

 are encircled with fine black circular lines. The elytra, 

 eighteen pairs in number, are oval, white, with black 

 dots on the outer sides and centre, and they are marked 



