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Male. Body stout, convex, smootb, shining. Head short ; fore part 

 vertical; labrum prominent. Palpi long, slender; fourth joint much 

 longer than the third; fifth much longer than the fourth. Antennae stout 

 towards the base, nearly four times the length of the body. Thorax and 

 abdomen as in the first group. Oerci lanceolate, setose, rather long and 

 stout. Legs rather slender, very long; femora and four anterior tibiae 

 armed with a few spines on each side beneath; knees iucrassaled ; hind 

 iil)iuj aruii;J wii.L numerous minute spines on each side beneath ; first 

 joint of the tarsi more than twice the length of the second; second more 

 than twice the length of the third ; fourth as long as the second. Female. 

 — Oviduct slightly curved upward, much longer than the abdomen. 



2. Macropathus fascifee. 



Mas. Testaceus ; palpi albidi ; prothorax piceo aut nigro bifasciatus ; 

 segmentorum abdominalium margines poslici picei aut nigri ; pedes 

 piceo aut nigro fasciali, tibiis apice larsisque pallide testaceis. 



Male. Testaceous. Mandibles with black tips. Eyes and antennae 

 piceous. Palpi whitish. Prothorax with a piceous or black band on the 

 lore border, and another on the hind border. Mesothorax, metathorax 

 and dorsal segments of the abdomen with piceous or black hind borders. 

 Femora and tibiae with piceous or black bands ; tibiae towards the tips and 

 tarsi pale testaceous. Length of the body 12 lines. 



a — c. New Zealand, in eaves. Presented by H. Drew, Esq. 



Group 3. 



Fcem. Corpus altum, subcorapressum, arcuatum. Caput brevissimum, 

 transverse subsirialum. Palpi longissimi, gracillimi, ariiculi 3us el 4us 

 aequales; 6us subclavatus, 4o multo longior. Antennae corpore triplo aut 

 quadruplo longiores. Prothoracis latera subrotundata. Cerci longi, 

 graciles. Oviductus subarcuatus, corpore loni;ior. Pedes graciles, lon- 

 gissimi ; femora quatuor anteriora bispinosa ; femora postica quadri- 

 spinosa; tibiuB anticae biseriatim quadrispinosae; tibiae inlermediae biseri- 

 atim trispinosae ; tibiae poslicae biseriatim spinulosae. 



Female. Body deep, smooth, shining, slightly compressed, arched 

 above. Head very short, vertical in front, where it is transversely and 

 very slightly striated. Eyes elongated, oblique, slightly prominent. 

 Mandibles small. Maxillary palpi very long and slender; third and 

 fourth joints of equal length ; fifth subclavale, much longer than the 

 fourth. Third joint of the labial palpi clavate. Antennae between thrice 

 and four times the length of the body. Prothorax slightly transverse ; 

 border not reflexed; sides slisihtly rounded. Cerci long, slender, beset 

 with long bristles, nearly one-fourlb of the length of the ovuluct. Oviduct 

 very slightly curved upward, somewhat longer than the body, Legs 

 slender, very long; four anterior femora with two minute spines beneath 

 near the tips ; hind femora with four minute spines beneath ; four anterior 

 \\h\£ with minute apical spines; fore tibiae with four and middle tibiae 

 with three minute spines on each side beneath ; hind tibiae with above 

 thirty minute spines on each side beneath (those towards the base ex- 

 tremely small) and with four apical spines, two of which are very long. 



