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longer than broad, rounded at the apex. Cerci exposed. Ovi- 

 positor h^rge, rounded at the apex, not reaching much beyond 

 the end of the eighth segment. Fore femora with a few den- 

 ticuhxtions both above and below. Middle femora with two 

 or three strong teeth in each row above and two in each row 

 below. Hind femora with four or five strong teeth in each 

 row above and two small ones below. All the tibiae denticu- 

 lated. 



Length of the body, 54 mm. ; of mesonotum, 11 mm. ; of 

 metanotum, 9 mm. ; of the abdomen, 29 mm. ; of the antennae, 

 9 mm. ; of the fore femoi'a, 13 mm. ; of the mid femora, 11 mm. ; 

 of the hind femora, 14 mm. 



Male unknown. 



Hah. Dunedin. 



Pachymorpha annulata, Hutton (1898). 



The antenna have 17 joints, the base of the seventh and 

 the whole of the seventeenth pale. The first abdominal 

 segment is rather broader than long. The anal segment is 

 rather longer than broad, rounded and slightly emarginate at 

 the apex. The cerci are exposed. Ovipositor extending about 

 two-thirds the length of the ninth segment. 



Male unknown. 



Hab. Dunedm. 



Pachymorpha acornuta, sp. nov. 

 Female. — Body subtectiform, a keel running down the 

 back. Yellowish-grey mottled with darker, a transverse 

 fuscous mark on the head between the eyes, and a single 

 fuscous spot on the posterior margins of the pronotum and 

 mesonotum. Bases of the middle and hind femora paler and 

 yellowish. Head witli a low transverse ridge between the 

 eyes, not divided. Antennae 16-jointed, the tips of the last 

 joint fuscous. Basal joint of antennge, head, and pronotum 

 more rugose than the rest of the body, but without any trace 

 of spines, except a short one at the posterior end of the meso- 

 notum. Metanotum with two short spines, one behind the 

 other, near the posterior end. The first seven abdominal 

 segments each with a single short spine near the posterior 

 margin, and a few low tubercles on each side of it. No 

 foliaceous appendages. A row of small tubercles on the 

 episterna of the meso- and meta-thorax. Sterna with a few 

 low tubercles, those of the abdomen with a pair near the 

 posterior margin of each segment. First abdominal segment 

 broader than long. Anal segment as broad as long, rounded 

 and slightly emarginate at the apex. Cerci exposed. Ovi- 

 positor slightly keeled, reaching the end of the ninth segment ; 

 the apex acute. All the femora and tibiae with blunt denticu- 



