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4. Hemideina abbeeviata. 



Foem. Fulva, punctata; caput breve, carina plana; palpi testaeei ; pro- 

 thorax sulco antico transversa, sulcis duobus obliquis sulcoque tenui 

 lonyitudinali ; abdomen suturis apiceque nigricanlibus ; cerci fulvi ; 

 oviductus piceus, subarcualus, abdominis dimidio brevior ; pedes tes- 

 taeei, crassi, breviusculi, tibiis posticis rufescentibus. 



Female. Tawny, convex, shining:, thinly punctured. Head short, as 

 broad as the prothorax, with a slight keel which is flattened between the 

 sockets of the antennae. Eyes black, slightly pronoinent. Mandibles black 

 at the tips. Palpi testaceous. Antennae tawny, long, testaceous at the 

 base. Prothorax with a very slender longitudinal furrow, with an oblique 

 furrow on each side and an auterior transverse furrow. Abdomen with 

 blackish bands on the sutures of the dorsal segments; tip wholly blackish. 

 Cerci tawny. Oviduct piceous, very slightly curved, less than half ihe 

 length of the abdomen. Legs testaceous, thick, rather short; femora with 

 oblique interrupted blackish streaks on each side, indistinct on the inner 

 side ; hind femora beneath with a single row of three minute piceous spines 

 towards the tip ; four anterior tibiae with four minute piceous spines on the 

 outer side and with three on the inner side ; hind tibiae reddish, with four 

 long thick piceous spines on each side ; tarsi tawny. Length of the body 

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The shorter abdomen and much shorter oviduct distinguish it from 

 the preceding species. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Henry Drew, Esq, 



" These insects were found in caves half a mile within, Mr, Drew 

 supposed thera to feed upon a species of Lichen." 



5. Hemideina peoducta. 



Foem. Fulva, cylindrica, punctata ; caput nigrum, facie clypeoque 

 fulvis ; palpi testaeei ; prothorax sulcis duobus obliquis nigricanli- 

 bus; abdomen longum, segmenlis piceo marginatis ; oviductus sub- 

 arcuatus, abdomine brevior ; pedes robusti, longiusculi, tibiis posticis 

 subdilatalis. 



Female. Tawny, cylindrical, shining, thinly punctured. Head black; 

 face and labrum tawny. Eyes ferruginous, prominent. Palpi testaceous; 

 fourth joint of the maxillary palpi longer than the third ; third joint of the 

 labial palpi clavate, black at the tip. Antenns piceous, tawny at the base, 

 Prothorax slightly transverse, with an oblique blackish furrow on each side. 

 Abdomen long; hind borders of the segments piceous. Oviduct slightly 

 curved, rather shorter than the abdomen. Legs stout, rather long ; femora 

 with a row of short oblique interrupted black streaks on each side; hind 

 femora with a single row of small black spines which from the first to the 

 fourth successively increase in size ; four anterior tibiae with three rather 

 small black-tipped spines on each side, excluding the apical spines ; fore 

 tibiae contracted near the base ; hind tibiae slightly dilate^, with four long 



