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Key to New Zealand Species. 



Tibial spur on legs 1 to 11. 



a. Colour dark brown, coxal pores 3, 3, 3, 3 



b. Colour light brown, coxal pores 2, 2, 2, 2, 

 Tibial spur on legs 1 to 12. 



c. Coxal pores small, 1st tarsal joint of 



7 times as long as wide 



d. Coxal pores large, 1st tarsal joint of 



9 times as long as wide 



15th leg 

 15th leg 



L. emarginatus (Newp.). 

 L. neozelanims sp. n. 



L. chatfia mens is sp. n. 

 L. kermadecensis sp. n. 



1. Lamyctes emarginatus (Newport), 1844. (Figs. 6 to 9.) 



Lithobius emarginatus Newport, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 13, p. 96 

 (1844). Henicops emarginatus Newport, Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. 19, 

 p. 372 (1845). Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., vol. 8, 

 p. 154 (1891). Lamyctes emarginatus Pocock, Ann, Mag. Nat. 

 Hist,, 7th ser., vol. 8, p. 450 (1901). Hutton, Index Faunae 

 Novae Zealandiae, p. 235, (1904). 

 Colour dark purple-brown, in spirit reddish-brown. 



Antennae 25 joints, varying. Prosternum (fig. 6) 1-5 times as wide as 

 long ; teeth 1.2 + 2.1, the outer tooth very small. Coxal pores 3, 3, 3, 3. 



k- 



Fig. 6.- 



Fig. 7.- 



-Prosternum. 

 -Gonopods of ? . 



Fig. 8.— 15th leg. 



Fig. 9. — Posterior tergites. 



Gonopods of $ (fig. 7) with moderately sharp basal spurs and curved sharp 

 terminal claw. First tarsal joint of 15th leg (fig. 8) 6-6 times longer 



