OF NEW ZEALAND. 85 



in front. Abdomen tapering from the thorax. Cerci testaceous. 

 Legs testaceous ; femora without spines ; hind femora piceous above 

 at the tips ; tibiae piceous al)ove ; four anterior tibife with three or four 

 small spines on each side ; hind tibiai minutely serrated on each side, 

 with four long spines, two of Avhich are sub-apical, and two apical. 



Length of the body, 4i lines. 



Li caves (H. Drew, Esq.). 



aenus-MACROPATHUS. 

 Walker. 



Male. Body small, convex, smooth, shining. Head large, as long- 

 as the prothorax ; fore j)art nearly horizontal ; labrum j)rominent. 

 Mandibles small. Eyes small, nearly elliptical, not prominent. 

 Maxillary j^alpi very slender, longer than the head and prothorax 

 together ; fourth joint a little longer than the third ; fifth subclavate, 

 longer than the fourth. Third joint of the labial palpi clavate, longer 

 than the second. Antennse extremely long ; first joint very long and 

 thick. Prothorax broadest in front ; hind part elongated, conical. 

 Mesothorax and metathorax much developed. Abdomen short, slightly 

 compressed. Cerci slender, beset with long bristles, nearly as long as 

 the abdomen. Legs very slender, extremely long, thrice or more 

 longer than the body ; hind femora with six minute spines beneath, 

 slender except near the base ; knees nodose ; four anterior tibise with 

 four or five slender spines ; hind tibiae with two rows of numerous very 

 minute spines ; tarsi very long and slender ; first joint about thrice 

 the length of the second ; third less than half the length of the second ; 

 fourth a little shorter than the second ; claws minute. 



Female. Oviduct very slightly curved upwards, almost as long as 

 the body. Antenna} rather shorter than those of the male. 



New Zealand only. 



M. FiLiFER. Walker, Cat. Locustidae, p. 206 (1869). 



Male. Tawny. Eyes piceous. Mandibles with black tips. Palpi 

 whitish. Tibitie towards the tips and tarsi testaceous, paler in the fore 

 legs than in the others. Antennse about 96 lines in length, and 

 thus more than nine times the length of the body. 



Length of the body, 10 lines. 



In caves (H. Drew, Esq.). 



Group 2. 



Male. Body stout, convex, smooth, shining. Head short ; fore 

 part vertical; labrum prominent. Palpi long, slender; fourth joint 



