Archey. — Lrithobiomorpha of New Zealand. 



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2. Wailamyctes halli sp. n. (Figs. 25 to 27.) 



Colour (in spirit) brown. 



Head (fig. 25) with a pair of eyes. Antennae with 19 joints. Pro- 

 sternum (fig. 26) 1-72 times as wide as long, teeth 4+4. Coxal pores 



Fig. 25.— Head. 



Fig. 26. — Prosternum. 



Fig. 27. — Gonopods of ? . 



2, 2, 2, 2. Gonopods of $ (fig. 27) with basal spurs and claw blunt and 

 straight. Tibial spurs on legs 1 to 13. 15th pair of legs unknown. 



Length 8 mm. 



Log. — Mount Algidus, Rakaia Gorge (T. Hall). 



Genus Paralamyctes Pocock, 1901. 



Paralamyctes Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., vol. 8, p. 450 

 (1901). Verhoeff, Bronn's Klass. und Ord. Tierreichs, Myriapoda, 

 p. 238 (1907). 



Fifteen pedigerous segments, with tergites either simply rounded behind, 

 or with produced posterior angles on some segments. Spiracles on segments 

 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14. A pair of eyes on the head (fig. 28). Antennal 

 segments 19 to 43. Labrum (figs. 32 and 32a) unidentate, with a fringe 

 of plumose hairs on the lateral pieces. Teeth on prosternum even-sized, 

 2 -p 2 to 10 -j- 10. Mandible (fig. 29) with complex cutting-teeth, laciniate 

 processes, and a row of plumose hairs on the inner side. First pair of maxillae 

 (fig. 30) with plumose hairs on the outer ramus, and simple hairs on the 

 inner. Labial palp (fig. 31) with plumose and simple hairs. All the tarsi 

 Inarticulate. Tibial spur on legs 1 to 13. Coxal pores on the last 4 pairs 

 of legs. Gonopods 3-jointed. 



Type : P. spenceri Pocock. 



Key to New Zealand Species. 



a. Larger, prosternum with 10 -4- 10 teeth . . I. P. validus sp. n. 



b. Smaller, prosternum with 5-4-5 teeth. . 2. P. dubivs sp. n. 



