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towards the tip. Oviduct slightly curved, much shorter than the abdomen. 

 Lefjs thick, moderately long; femora with oblique interrupted black streaks 

 on each side ; hind femora beneath with a few slijiht denticulalions on each 

 side, and near the tip with a single row of four small piceous spines which 

 to the fourth successively increase in size; four anterior tibiae with four 

 short spines on each side ; fore tibiae compressed towards the base ; hind 

 tibiae ferruginous, slightly dilated, with three small spines beneath, with 

 three thick spines on the outer side and with four on the inner side, those 

 on the inner side longer than those on the outer ; tarsi ferruginous. Length 

 of the body 15 lines. 



The shorter oviduct and the more dilated hind tibiae distinguish this 

 species from H. ihoracica. 



New South Wales. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



8. Hemideina fusifeba. 



Foem. Lutea , punctata ; caput piceuin , carina subfoveolata, facie labro- 

 que luteis ; palpi lutei, apice picei ; prothorax litura nigra subcithari- 

 formi, sulcis duobus obliquis ; mesolhorax, metathorax el abdominis 

 segmenta marginibus posticis nigricantibus ; abdomen compressum ; 

 oviduclus subarcuatus, abdomine vix brevior ; pedes crassi, tibiis 

 posticis rufescentibus subdilatatis biseriatim quadrispinosis. 



Female. Luteous, convex, shining, punctured. Head piceous, not 

 broader than the prothorax, with a slight grooved keel between the sockets 

 of the antennsB ; face and Jabrum luteous. Eyes piceous, small. Palpi 

 luteous; fifth joint of the maxillary palpi piceous, about one-fourth of the 

 length of the fourth; third joint of the labial palpi piceous, clavate, as long 

 as the second. Prothorax transverse, with a black somewhat lyre-shaped 

 figure in the disk and with an oblique furrow on each side; borders 

 slightly reflexed. Mesothorax, metathorax and dorsal segments of the 

 abdomen with a blackish band on each hind border. Mesothorax and 

 metalhorax with a few black speckles. Abdomen compressed. Oviduct 

 slightly curved, almost as long as the abdomen. Legs thick ; femora with 

 oblique interrupted black streaks on each side ; hind femora with a few 

 denticulations on each side and with a single row of four small spines; 

 four anterior tibicE with three small spines on each side ; hind tibias reddish, 

 slightly dilated, with four thick spines on each side, those on the inner side 

 much longer than those on the outer ; tarsi reddish. Length of the body 

 18 lines. 



a. Richmond River, Australia. From. Mr. Leycester's collection. 



Genus?. LICOLA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum, glabrum. Caput subglobosum, prothorace 

 lalius. Palpi maxillares longi. Antennae corpore plus duplo longiores. 

 Prothorax antice latior, sulcis duobus transversis, 2o iuterrupto. Cerci 

 dense pilosi. Pedes robusti ; femora intermedia extus, trispinosa, intus 

 quadrispinosa ; femora postica septemspinosa ; tibiae quatuor anteriores 

 quinquespinosae ; tibiaa posticae extus quadrispinosEe, intus quinque- 

 spinosae. 



