454. MK. W. F. KIKBY ON NEW OR KAKE 



Dimensions. 



Loug. corporis 112 inilliiu. 



„ capitis „ 



Lat. „ 3 „ 



Long, pronoti 5 „ 



„ mesouoti 15 „ 



„ metanoti, cum segmento mediauo 19 ,, 



„ segmenti mediani 5 ,, 



„ femorum anticorum 26 „ 



„ „ medianorum 21 ,, 



„ ,, posticorum 24 „ 



Hah. Lizard Island, N.E. coast of Australia. 



LoNCHODES Catori, sp. n. 



Hale. Cylindrical, slender, with long and slender legs. Head, prothorax, and first 

 two joints of the antennae red ; antennae otherwise rufous-brown. Femora green, red at 

 the base and tip ; the tibiae and tarsi red or reddish, more or less shading into brown 

 above. Anterior femora with one moderate-sized spine beneath, near the extremity, on 

 the inner carina ; middle femora with two spinose ridges at the extremity beneath, 

 with three or four red black-ti2)ped spines on each side ; hind femora witli one tooth, and 

 some smaller denticulations at the extremity beneath. Mesothorax narrowly red at the 

 base, and broadly at the extremity, where it is much expanded. Metathorax narrowly 

 red at the base, and at its extremity for about the same length as the median segment, 

 which is likewise red, with a large square blackish imtch covering its basal half. 

 Median segment scarcely one-sixth as long as the metathorax. Abdomen olive-gi'een, 

 narrowly reddish at the ends of the segments, and tinged with rufous towards the 

 extremity. 



A specimen which appears to be an immature female of this species is much greener, 

 being merely tinged with rufous on the prothorax, median segment (which wants the 

 dark blotch), and towards the extremities of the meso- and metathorax, and of the femora 

 and abdomen, &c. It measures 70 millim. in length. The dimensions of the male are as- 

 follows : — 



Dimensions. 



Long, corporis 88 raillim. 



„ capitis ■!• „ 



„ pronoti 3 „ 



,, mesouoti 22 „ 



„ metanoti, cum segmento mediano 18 „ 



„ segmenti mediani 6 „ 



femorum anticorum 24 



„ medianorum 19 



„ posticorum 22 



Sandakan, N. Borneo. 



