88 ORTHOPtfiRA 



120 mm. ; of maxillary palpi, 18" 5 mm. ; of fore tibise, 23 mm. : of 

 hind tibije, 10 mm. 



From a limestone cave, Collingwood, Nelson (Mr. H. Edwards). 



Genus-LIBANASA. 

 Walker. 



Female. Body convex, smooth, shining, slightly compressed. 

 Head short, as broad as the prothorax. Eyes oval, not prominent. 

 Maxillary palpi abont thrice the length of the labial ; third and fourth 

 joints about equal in length ; fifth a little longer. Third joint of the 

 labial palpi subclavate. Antennse not less than twice the length of 

 the body. Prothorax elongate ; sides much rounded. Cerci slender, 

 about one-fourth of the length of the oviduct. Oviduct curved 

 upward, as long as the abdomen. Legs stout, rather long ; femora 

 unharmed; hind femora with oblique ridges along the outer side ; 

 four anterior tibiae with four spines along each side, and with two 

 spines above ; hind tibiae with eleven spines along the outer side, and 

 with nine along the inner side ; the four long spines and two apical 

 short spines as usual. 



New Zealand and South Africa. 



L. PALLiTARSis. Walker, Cat. Dermap. Salt., Part Y,, Sitpp., p. 24< 

 (1871). 



Male. Tawny, convex, smooth, shining, testaceous beneath, slightly 

 decreasing in thickness from the head to the tip of the abdomen. Head 

 short ; a nearly triangular black spot on the tip of the vertex, con- 

 nected with a very deeply undulating black band on the front. Eyes 

 whitish, elongate, not prominent. Mandibles black. Antennae pale. 

 Prothorax blackish, Avith a testaceous longitudinal line, and on each 

 side with a large testaceous patch, which emits some branches ; fore 

 borders and sides slightly rounded ; hind border notched in the 

 middle. Abdomen shorter than the hind femora ; apical appendages 

 testaceous. Legs testaceous, slender; femora unarmed; tibiae partly 

 and slightly clouded with jiiceous ; four anterior tibiiu Avitli a few 

 long slender spines on each side ; hind tibiae with very short spines on 

 each side ; tarsi whitish. 



Length of the body, 7 lines. 



New Zealand (Colenso). 



L. (??) MACULiFROxs. Walker, Cat. Locustidce, jj. 209 (1869). 



Female. Black, convex, smooth, shining, tapering from the head 

 to the tip of the abdomen. Head with a band of four testaceous 



