( 630 ) 



the same length, being longer than the third. The nistrnm reaches beyond the 

 apex of the forecoxa, the labial palpns consisting of six segments. 



Thorax. — The prouotum bears two rows of bristles and a comb of eighteen 

 teeth. The mesonotum has three rows of bristles and some additional hairs on 

 the back, besides a row at the base, there being also a long snbapical spine on 

 the back at each side. The mesothoracical epimerum bears six bristles (3.3). The 

 metathoracical epimerum bears ten (4.2.4), and a few small hairs in addition 

 situated between the posterior bristles. 



Abdomen. — The first abdominal tergite is very hairy, bearing six rows and a 

 few additional hairs, the anterior rows being short and irregular. The posterior 

 row of bristles of all the tergites is curved. Tergites 2 to bear three rows 

 each, the first row reaching only halfway down to the stigma. The bristles of 

 the seventh tergite are reduced in length and number. There are two apical 

 bristles on this tergite, situated on a double cone, with one bristle above and 

 another below them not situated on a cone. There is one apical si)ine on each 

 side of tergites 2 to 5. Tlie stigma is pointed behind. It stands on a level with 

 the third or fourth bristle of the posterior row on segments 4 and 5. The basal 

 sternite bears one ventral bristle and no lateral ones. The sternites of segments 3 

 to 7 have a ventral patch of about sixteen hairs each, extending from near the 

 base to near the apex, the jjosterior hairs being long and arranged in a row, the 

 others short. 



Legs. — The mid- and hindcoxae have on the oaterside a patch of hairs 

 extending up to the middle, and bear, in addition, some hairs farther up at the 

 anterior edge, and two or three on the outer surface. There are two long and 

 one short hair posteriorly at the apex. All the femora have one small snbaj)ical 

 ventral hair on the innerside. On the outerside the forefemur bears a few small 

 hairs and one longer subapical ventral one. The hindfemur bears three sub- 

 apical ventral bristles exteriorly, jireceded by a row of five minute ventral hairs. 

 The tibiae bear some ventral hairs, and on the outerside two rows of bristles, 

 of which one stands near the dorsal bristles. All the tibiae have seven pairs of 

 dorsal bristles, the longer bristle of the fifth pair of the hindtibia being fully 

 twice as long as the tibia is broad at the apex. The tarsi are only partly 

 preserved in the single specimen. The fifth segment bears five bristles on each 

 side, besides a subajjical hair. The measurements of the tarsi are as follows :— 



SEodified Segments. — The exact outline of the eighth tergite cannot be made 

 out from the type. There are some fine hairs above the stigma, and about fifteen 

 at and near the apex, four of which placed along the edge are long (PI. XIII. 

 fig. 67). The pygidial plate is longer than broad in side view, elevate behind 

 and projecting backwards. The stylet is cylindrical and about five times as long 

 as it is broad. 



Length : ? , 3-8 mm. 



We have one specimen of this species taken from Pcramelea raffrayanus, Huon 

 Gulf, New Guinea. 



