218 Trmisactions . — Zoology. 



three spines in each row, the middle tibiae four in the outer 

 and three in the inner row. The hind tibiae, above, have 

 three spines in the outer and four in the inner row ; below 

 there are the usual subapical pair, followed by two single 

 spines. The subgenital plate is truncated at the apex. 



The colour is pale ochraceous with dark markings on the 

 pronotum. Head and hind tibiae dark-chestnut. 



Length, 33mm. ; of head, 12mm.; of pronotum, 7mm.; of 

 thorax, 14mm.; of abdomen, 19mm. ; of ovipositor, 18mm.; 

 of fore tibia, 13mm. ; of hind tibia, 21mm. ; of hind femur, 

 21mm. Width of head, 7mm. ; of pronotum, 9mm. 



Locality. — Auckland. 



According to Sir W. Buller, this species lives in decayed 

 wood, particularly the dried stems of the tutu {Coriaria ricsci- 

 folia) and the branches of Griselinia lucida, into which it 

 bores. No complete description has as yet been published. 



Hemideina producta. 



Hemidcina yroducta, "Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt, in B.M.,p. 163 

 (1869). Hemideina abhreviata, Walker, I.e., p. 163 (1869). 



I have not seen this species. According to the description, 

 it differs from H. tlioracica in the hind tibia having four spines 

 in each row above, and in the colours, the hind borders of the 

 abdominal segments being piceous. H. producta is said to 

 have three spines on each side below in the fore and middle 

 tibiae, while H. abhreviata is said to have four in the outer 

 and three in the inner row. H. abbreviata is also said to 

 have been captured in a cave by Mr. H. Drew, but as no one 

 else has found a specimen of Hemideina in a cave this may 

 perhaps be a mistake. 



Locality (?), probably the North Island. 



Hemideina femorata, sp. nov. Plate XII., figs. 4-16. 

 Head in the male not very large ; front and post-clypeus 

 transversely wrinkled, the gense granulated below. The 

 fastigium is narrow, the fovea slight and elongated. The 

 frontal keels are straight from the eye to the mandible. The 

 post-clypeus is shorter than the ante-clypeus, the two por- 

 tions being divided in the male by a slight ridge. The man- 

 dibles in the male are sharply keeled anteriorly, and project 

 much in front of the clypeus. Labrum nearly circular. The 

 pronotum has the margins of the lateral lobes horizontal, 

 straight, slightly rounded at the corners. Fore femora 

 unarmed below ; middle femora, below, with two or three 

 sharp spines near the apex on the outer (anterior) edge ; 

 hind femora with two to four sharp spines iDelow, near the 

 apex, on the outer edge, none on the inner ; above there are 

 from six to ten minute but sharp spines. Fore tibiae, below, 



