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Transactions. 



1. Paralamyctes validus sp. n. (Figs. 28 to 35.) 

 Colour (in spirit) dull brown, with richer brown edging to the tergites. 

 Antennae with 25 to 28 joints, the distal joints long and narrow. A 

 pair of eyes present on the head (fig. 28). Prosternum (fig. 33) with broad 

 dental edges, armed with 8 + 8 main teeth, with two or three smaller teeth 



Fig. 28.— Head. 



Fig. 29.— Mandible. 



Fig. 30. — First pair of maxillae. 



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32 a -^"^ 



Fig. 31. — Labial palp. 



Fig. 32. — Labrum. 



Fig. 32«. — Plumose hair of labrum. 



interposed between the main teeth, making 10 + 10 or 11 + 11 in all. Gono- 

 pods of $ (fig. 34) with strong blunt basal spurs, and moderately sharp 

 terminal claw. Tibial spur on legs 1 to 13. Fifteenth pair of legs (fig. 35) 

 with 1st tarsal joint 7 times as long as broad ; femur 1-9 times as wide as 

 tibia. Coxal pores 4, 4, 4, 5. 



Length 15 mm. 



Loc— Ohikaka (W. R. Gray) ; Ohakune (J. B. Mayne). 



2. Paralamyctes dubius sp. n. (Fig. 36.) 



Colour (in spirit) brown. 



Antennae broken. A single pair of eyes on the head. Prosternum 

 (fig. 36) very broad, shortly truncated anteriorly, dental edges not separated 

 but forming a straight line ; teeth 5 + 5. Coxal pores 2, 2, 2, 2. Tarsi 

 of legs 1 to 11 biarticulated, other legs unknown. Tibial spur on legs 1 

 to 11, others unknown. 



hoc— Rhodes's Bush, Port Hills (G. A.). 



I have described this species from a single mutilated specimen, but the 

 distinctive character of the prosternum is sufficient to distinguish it from 

 the other species. 



