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3. Macuopathls altus. 



Foein. Testaceus ; palpi pallidis^ime flavi ; antenna fulvce; pro- 

 thorax nigricante bifasciatus ; abdominis segmenta nigricante uni- 

 fasciala ; oviductus futvus, apice piceus ; Jnnora fasciis duabux 

 fuscis fasriague apicali nigricantf ; tibia: aiitictc nigricante bifas- 

 ciatie ; tibicc intermedia fasciis dtiabus nigricantibus fusciaque 

 subapicali picea ; tibia postica picea, apice sublus testacea. 



Female. Testaceous. Eyes piceous. Palpi very pale yellow. An- 

 tennae lawny. Prothorax wilb a blackish band on the fore border and 

 anotlier on the hind border. Mesolhorax, nietuthorax and dorsal segments 

 of the abdomen with a blackish band on each hind border. Oviduct 

 tawny, piceous towards the tip. Femora with two brown irregular bands 

 and with a more determinate blackish apical baud ; fore libiu; with two 

 blackish bands, pale yellow towards the tips ; middle tibia; with two 

 blackish bauds and with an indeterminate piceous band nearer the tip ; 

 bind tibicE piceous, testaceous beneath towards the tips; fore tarsi jiale 

 yellow. Length of the body 1"J lines. 



u. New Zealand. Pieseiitcd by H. Drew, Esq. "These insects were 

 found in caves, half a mile within." 



Genus 21. LIBAXAS.\. 



Fa-m. Corpus gflabrum, nitens, subcompressnm. Caput breve. 

 Palpi mnxillares labialibus tripio lonpiores; articuli 3us et 4 us subtp- 

 quales ; .'ius paullo lonjjior. Antenniv loncae. Prothorax lonfjiusculus; 

 latera valde rotundata. Oviductus arcuatus, abdomini trquilongus. Pedes 

 robiisti, longiusculi ; femora inermia ; tibiae quatuor anteriores biseriatiin 

 quadrispinosir, supra bispiuosic; tibia poslics extus utidecimspiuosoe, 

 iutus noveuispinos;v. 



Female. Body convex, smooth, shining, sliphlly compressed. Head 

 short, as broad as the prothorax. Eyes ov.ii, not prominent. Maxillary 

 palpi about thrice the kny;lh of the labial ; third and fourth j liiits about 

 equal in length; fifth a little longer. Third joint of the liibial palpi sub- 

 clavale. AntenuEB not lcs< than tv\ice the length of the body. Prothorax 

 elongate; sides much rounded. Ceici slender, about one-fourth of the 

 length of the oviduct. Ovi<luct curved upward, as long as the abdomen. 

 Eegs stout, rather long; femora unarmed; hind femora with oblique 

 ridges along the outer side ; four anterior tibia' with four spines along each 

 side and with two spines above; hind tibia: with eleven spines along the 

 outer side and with nine along the inner side; the four long spines aud 

 two apical short spines as usual. 



1. LiBANARA I.NCISA. 



Eoein. ^igra, subtus teslarca ; caput testacciim, nigra binolatum ; 

 antenna fulva, bati testacea ; prothorax villis iliiabus latis Itslaceis 

 uigro uniniaculatis el unigmtatis ; ovidnclus fulvus; pedet lestaeci, 

 femoribn<! tjuatuor anterioribus nigra guttalis, femoribus poslicit 

 nigro bijascialis et oblique strigutis. 



