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Female. Black, testaceous beneath. Head testaceous, with a black 

 mark on each side between the eye and the hind border. Eyes and palpi 

 testaceous. Antennai tawny, testaceous at the base. Prmhorax with a 

 broad irregular testaceous slripe along each side, including a black spot 

 and a black dot. Sides of the abdomen irregularly testaceous. Oviduct 

 tawny. Legs testaceous ; four anterior femora dotted with i)lack on the 

 outer side ; bind femora obliquely streaked with black, and with two black 

 bands, one of which is beyond the middle and the other apical. Length 

 of the body 1 1 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



2. LiBANASA?.' MACULIFKONS. 



Foeni. Nigra, glabra, nitens,postice attenuata ; caput maculis sex facieque 

 testaceis ; palpi maxiltares picei, longissimi, arliculis 3o 4o boque 

 aqualibus, bo clavato ; antenrKe picece ; prothorax longus, Interibus 

 rotundalis ; abdomen lateribus ventreque fere erectis ; oviductiis 

 piceus, subarcuatus, basi fulvus, abdomine longior ; pedes testacei, 

 piceo subnebulosi, tibiis anticis biseriatim trispinosis. 



Female. Black, convex, smooth, shining, tapering from the head to 

 the tip of the abdomen. Head with a band of lour testaceous spots on the 

 front and with a testaceous spot on each side of the ftice, which is also 

 testaceous. Eyes livid, elongated, not prominent. Maxillary palpi piceous, 

 pubescent, very long; third, fourth and fifth joints of equal length; fifth 

 clavate. Antenna; piceous. Prothorax elongated ; sides rounded. Abdo- 

 men tawny on each side and benenth. Cerci tawny, nearly erect. Oviduct 

 piceous, slightly curved, tawny at the base, rather longer than the abdomen. 

 Legs testaceous, slightly clouded with piceous; fore tibia3 with three rather 

 long spines on each side. Length of the body 7^ lines. 



The specimen described is mutilated. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Genus 22. MAC HAM ALA. 



Mas. Corpus glabrum, nitens, subcompressum, fere fusiforme. Caput 

 inter oculos vix carinatum ; frous erecta. Oculi subrotimdi. Palpi maxil- 

 lares longi; articulus 4us 3o multo brevior ; 5us subclavatus, subarcuatus, 

 3o longior. Prothorax longiusculus, antice angustior; latera rotundata. 

 Abdomen lanceolalum ; segmentum apicale iucisum. Pedes lungi, graciles ; 

 femora antica subtus spina una subapicali; femora intermedia subtus 

 bispinosa ; femora postica crassa, apices versus attenuata, subtus duodecim 

 spinulosa; tibiae anticse biseriatim trispinosce ; libiie intermediae triseriatim 

 trispinosae; tibiae poslicae biseriatim serratse et quadrispinosa;. 



Male. Body convex, smooth, shining, slightly compressed, nearly 

 fusiform. Head slightly prominent between the eyes, vertical in front. 

 Eyes nearly round, slightly prominent. Third joint of the maxillary palpi 

 longer than the first and second together; fourth much shorter than the 

 third ; fifth subclavate, slightly curved, rather longer than the third. Third 

 joint of the labial palpi clavate, as long as the second. Prothorax rather 

 long, narrower in front; sides rounded. Metathorax as usual much de- 

 veloped. Abdomen tapering ; dorsal segments from the first to the seventh 



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