STUDIES IN Al'STRALIAX AKAXEID.F. RAlXHuW. 



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Jjiiliiimi. — Sliort, bi'oader tlmn loiifj ; arclied, apex slif^litly 

 ruuiuled ; surface thickly studded with small jjffaiiular spines. 



Sti-nniiii. — Somewhat shield-shaped, rather iiat, biMjadest at 

 a point between the second nnd third pairs of coxa?; antei'ior 

 angle dee[)ly excavated to receive Ijmsc of labium ; si';////(( six, 

 marginal, anteiior pair smallest, posterior paii' largest. 



Ahduiii'-ii. — Obovate, arched, liaii'v. 



S})i7nifref!<. — Hairy ; sui)erior mammillfe rather long, taper- 

 ing, third joint longest, second shoj'test ; inferioi- mammillae 

 very short, cylindi-ical, apices I'ounded off, separated from each 

 other by a space equal to once their individual transverse 

 diametei'. 



El'Cl'I.MKXA TIUIAMS, S//. //nc. 



(Figs. 59, 60.) 



(J Cephalot borax, 10. S mm. long, 8.5 mm. broad ; abdomen, 

 10.5 mm. long, 7.1 mm. bioad. 



i 'I'lihnldfliiird.r. — Obovate, dark, shining, mahogany-browji, 

 smootli, with a few fine hairs scattei'ed over the surface. Far.-i 

 repliitVtcd moderately raised, aj-ched, slo])ing towards thoracic 

 fovea, thoi-acic groove distijict ; at the upper extreniitj' of this 

 groove there is, on each side, a rathei' deep dejti'ession or pit ; 

 (iriihir iiri'ii broader than long, I'aised, arched, dai'k-brown, 

 alnn)st black ; ch/jin/s precipitate, deep, vitieous, and furnished 

 with a few shoi-t, bi'istly hairs at the middle. I'n'rs tliornrlcd 

 broad, ai'ched, radial grooves moderately dee]), and broadest at 

 the middle ; tlmrKn'r foren short, strongly procni'ved, deep ; 

 niiirijiniil hninl nari'ow. 



Ei/es. — In two rows of four each: front i-ow procurved, reai- 

 I'ow recurved ; latei-al eyes of 

 fi-ont row much the largest of the 

 series, and separated from eacii 

 other by a space equal to nearly 

 three times the diameter of one of _- 

 the antei'ior median eyes; anterior 

 median eyes round, and separated 

 from each otlier by a space equal 

 to i-ather more than half their 

 individual diametei' ; posterioi' 

 latei-al eyes separated from each other by a space equal to 



Fig. ,S9,— /r. libiali 



