HuTTON. — On Neio Zeala^id Stenopelmatidae. 219 



with four spines in each row ; middle tibiae, below, with four 

 spines in the anterior and three in the posterior row ; above 

 there is a single spine on the posterior side beyond the middle. 

 Hind tibiae, above, with four spines in the outer and five in the 

 inner row ; below there are the usual subapical pair, followed 

 by two single spines on the outer side. The subgenital plate 

 in the male is longer than broad, and concave at the apex 

 between the insertions of the styles. In the female the head 

 is smaller, and the genas are smoother. The subgenital plate 

 is very slightly notched at the apex. 



Colours. — Head chestnut-brown, darker in the male. Pro- 

 notum and mesonotum pale-tawny, with dark-brown mark- 

 ings ; a thin, pale, longitudinal line on the thoracic nota 

 and on several of the abdominal terga. Abdominal segments, 

 above, pale-tawny with broad posterior and narrow anterior 

 dark-brown borders. 



Length, 40mm.; of head, 18mm. <? , 12mm. ? ; of pro- 

 notum, 8mm. ; of thorax, 16mm. ; of abdomen, 23mm. ; oi 

 ovipositor, 15mm. ; of fore tibia, 13mm. ; of hind tibia, 

 20mm. ; of hind femur, 20mm. Width of head, 11mm. <y , 

 9mm. ? ; of pronotum, 11mm. 



Localities. — Manawatu, Wellington District ; and Banks 

 Peninsula. 



I have examined two males and eleven females of this 

 species. It is easily recognised by the spines on the lower 

 surface of the middle femora. 



Hemideina ricta, sp. nov. 



This species closely resembles the last, but differs from it 

 in the following particulars : The head of the male is larger ; 

 the front and post-clypeus are rugose (not wrinkled), and the 

 gensB are smoother. The post-clypeus is longer than the 

 ante-clypeus, the two portions not separated by a ridge. 

 Middle femora without any spines below. 



Length, 40mm.; of head, 22mm. <? , 11mm. ?; of pro- 

 notum, 8mm.; of thorax, 17mm.; of abdomen, 20mm.; of 

 ovipositor, 17mm.; of fore tibia, 14mm. <? , 11mm. ?; of 

 hind tibia, 21mm. ^, 17mm. ?; of hind femur, 21mm. ^, 

 18mm. ? . Width of head, 13mm. <? , 7mm. ? ; of pronotum, 

 13mni. ^ , 10mm. ? . 



Localities. — Banks Peninsula and South Canterbury. 



I have examined two males and five females of this 

 species. 



Hemideina maori. 

 Deinacrida maori, Pictet et Saussure, Bull, de la Soc. Entomol 



Suisse, vol. viii., p. 296., pi. 1, fig. 2 (1891). 



This species is smaller than any of the foregoing. The 

 following description and measurements are taken from a pair 



