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c'ulations (in addition to the distal pair) on the inferior ridge. 

 There is sometimes a dark lateral stripe on the head and 

 thorax, and a black spot on the centre of the posterior margin 

 of each abdominal segment. Length of the body, 64 mm. ; of 

 mesothorax, 15 mm.; of metathorax, 13 mm.; of abdomen, 

 32 mm.; of antenna, 25 mm. ; of anterior femur, 19|mm. ; of 

 middle femm-, 14 mm. ; of posterior femur, 16 mm. 



Hah. Great Barrier Island and northern parts of New- 

 Zealand, where it is common, the males nearly as abundant 

 as the females. 



Clitarchus coloreus, Colenso (1885). 



In this species the head and thorax are nearly smooth, 

 and the colour is lighter — in North Island specimens— than in 

 C. hookeri, but it is probably only a variety of that species. 

 The antennae are from 22- to 24-jointed. 



In the female the fore femora have five teeth, the middle 

 femora have two small denticulations on the inferior ridge, 

 and the posterior femora have the inferior ridge either smooth 

 or with a single denticulation. Length of the body, 86 mm.; 

 of mesothorax, 17-|mm.; of metathorax, 15 mm.; of abdo- 

 men, 43 mm. ; of antennae, 22 mm. ; of anterior femur, 211 ixim. ; 

 of middle femur, 15 mm.; of posterior femur, 19 mm. 



In the male the fore femora are smooth or slightly den- 

 ticulated. The colours are the same as in the female, but 

 usually there is a dark lateral band on each side, more 

 strongly marked on the head and thorax than on the abdo- 

 men. Also the anterior margins of the abdominal segments 

 often have a small black spot on each side of the median dark 

 line. Length of the body, 58mm.; of mesothorax, 10^ mm.; 

 of metathorax, 11mm.; of abdomen, 31mm.; of antennae, 

 24 mm. ; of anterior femur, 16 mm. ; of middle femur, 13 mm. ; 

 of posterior femur, 15 mm. 



Hah. Great Barrier Island (abundant, both males and 

 females) ; Hawke's Bay ; Canterbury. 



Mr. Colenso describes the eggs as being laid in June. The 

 single specimen I have from Canterbury is of a dark-brown 

 colour (dry), and looks very different from those from the 

 Great Barrier. 



Clitarchus reductus, sp. nov. 

 Female. — Pale-green, with a narrow black median line on 

 the prothorax and a black median spot at the posterior 

 margin of the mesothorax, metathorax, and first abdominal 

 segment ; bases of the anterior femora pink. Head smooth, 

 with six or eight rounded tubercles; thorax smooth, with a 

 few scattered granules on the mesonotum. Antennae 

 21-jointed. Fore femora with six strong teeth, the inferior 



