206 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 20. M ACUOPATHUS. 



Mas. Corpus parvuni, Klabrum, nitcDS. Caput uiapnum, prolhorace 

 mm brevius, aiitiee suh|)lanuiu. Palpi inaxillnrcs tjtacillinii, lonpissinii ; 

 arliculus 4us, 3o luiijjior '2u brt'vior. AiileuiKe loiijiisbimir ; arlitulus lus 

 lougus, trabsus. I'ruiliorax amice lalior, poslice |)ro(lucuis. .Mesolliorax 

 et luclalhoiax bene delermiiiati. Aliddnien breve, subcouiprcssum. Ccrci 

 praciles, selis U)ngis iiislrueli, abdoiuiue \ix lireviores. Peiles gracilliuii, 

 lunu'issimi ; femora sexspimisa, basi erassa ; genua nodosa ; libix' quatunr 

 aiiteriores spinsx ; libio: poslicue biseriatini spiuulosa?; tar^i lougissiuii, 

 praciliinii. 



Mate. Body small, convex, smoolh, sbininp. Head larpe, as bmu as 

 tbe prolborax ; fore pari nearly borizonlal; labrum prominent. Man- 

 dibles small. Eyes small, nearly elliplical, not pron)inenl. Maxillary 

 palpi very »lender, longer than the head and the protliorax lnjiether ; lourlh 

 joint a little longer than ihe ibird ; filth subclavatc, longer iban the fourth. 

 Third joint of the labial pal])i clavalc, lonjrer ihau ihe second. Antennai 

 extremely lonp ; first joint very long and thick. Protborax broadest in 

 front ; hind part elongated, conical. Mesolborax and metathorax much 

 developed. Abdomen short, slightly compressed. Cerci slender, beset 

 with lung bristles, nearly as Imig as liie abdumen. Legs very slentier, 

 exlren)ely long, thrice longer or more than the l)ody ; hind femora with 

 six minute spines beneath, slender exce|)t near the base; knees nodose; 

 four anterior tibia with four or five slender spines; hind libitc with two 

 rows of numerous veiy iiiiniite spines ; tarsi very long and slender; first 

 joint about thrice the length of the second ; third less than half the length 

 of the srcund ; fourth a litile shorter than the second; claws minute. 

 Female. — Oviduct very slightly curveil upwards, almost as long as the 

 body. Antenna; rather shorter than those of the male. 



1. MaCROPATHLS FILIFER. 



Mas et foein. Fulvus ; jmlpi albidi ; tibia: apices versus (arsique 

 Uslacea. 



Male. Tawny. Eyes piceous. Mamlibles with black tips. P.ilpi 

 whitish. Tibia' towards the tijis an I tarsi testaceous, paler in the fore legs 

 than in tbe others. Antenmc about ninety-six lines in length, and thus 

 more than nine times the length of the body. Length of the body 10 

 lines. 



a — d. New Zealand. " In caves, half a mile within." Presented by 

 H. Drew, Esq. 



Group 2. 



Mat. Corpus robustuui. Caput bicrc ; inbrum bene determinatum. 

 Palpi lougi, gracilcs ; articulus -lus 3u mullo longior; r>us 4o multo 

 longior. Antennx basi robusla?, corporc fere quadrupio longiores. Cerci 

 sctusi, loDgiiisculi ; sat robusti. Pedes longi.ssimi, sat graciUs; genua 

 incrassata. Fam. — Oviduc(u», subarcuatus, abdomine multo longior. 



