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Cerci lanceolate. Oviduct curved upward, about twice the length of the 

 cerci. Legs thick, rather short; femora without spines; tibice with an 

 apical circlet of six spines; four anterior tibias with two spines on the outer 

 side and with two near the lip on the inner side; hind tibiae with three 

 spines on the outer side and with four larger spines on the inner side ; tarsi 

 slender; second and third joints very short. Wings rudimentary. 



21. Stenopelmatus piceiventris. 



Fcem. Fulvus ; vertex el prolhoracis discus subplcei ; mandibulcB npice 

 nigrce ; antennce ferruginece, basi fulvce ; abdomen piceum, sublus basi 

 futvum ; oviducius piceiis, apice fulvum. 



Female. Tawny. Head above with a slight piceous tinge. Eyes 

 blackish. Mandibles black towards the lips. Antennse ferruginous, tawny 

 at the base. D'n-k of the prothorax slightly piceous. Abdomen piceous; 

 under side tawny at the base. Cerci tawny. Oviduct piceous, tawny at 

 the lip. Spines of the libiaB with black lips. Length of the body 

 18 lines. 



Group IL 



3fas. Corpus convexum, glabrum, nitens, sat robustura, fere cylindri- 

 cum. Caput prolhorace paullo latins; vertex lineolis qualuor lougituiiin- 

 aiibus subimpressis, cariunlis dual)us anterioribus. Prolhoracis hitera 

 subrolundala. Abdomen prulhorace triplo longius. Pedes brevinsculi ; 

 libiiB qualuor anleiiores irispinosae; tibiiE puslica; biscrialini quinque- 

 spinosae. 



Male. Body convex, smooth, shining, rather stout, nearly cylindrical. 

 Head a little broader than the prothorax ; vertex rounded, with four 

 slightly impressed longitudinal lines; two slight ridges between the eyes, 

 diverging in front ; fore part vertical. Eyes pear-shaped, slightly prominent. 

 Prothorax transverse, with a transverse furrow near the fore border; sides 

 slightly rounded. Abdomen about twice the length of the prothorax. 

 Legs stout, rather short; four anterior tibiae with two spines on one side 

 and with two larger spines on the other side ; hind tibiae with five spines on 

 each side; tarsi rather slender. 



22. Stenopelmatus zonatus. 



Mas. Testaceus ; prothorax piceo bifasciatus ; abdominis segmenta nigro 

 marginala. 



Male. Testaceous. Eyes piceous. Mandibles with black tips. Pro- 

 thorax with a piceous band on the fore border and another on the hind 

 border. Abdomen with a black band on the hind border of each dorsal 

 seument. Spines and claws with black tips. Length of the body 

 13 lines. 



Group 12. 



Mas. Corpus crassum, glabruin. Caput prolhorace paullo latius, 

 caiinulis duahus inter oculos connexis antice deflexis; frons et fades 



