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Antennae very long, nine or ten times the length of the 

 body. The vertex roughened ; face hairy. Pronotum smooth, 

 slightly margined in front and at the sides, inferior margins 

 of the lobes horizontal, lateral grooves obsolete. Legs very 

 hairy. Fore and middle femora unarmed below ; hind femora, 

 below, with six small spines on the inner and two on the outer 

 edge near the middle ; middle femora slightly grooved below. 

 Fore and middle tibias, below, with three spines in the inner 

 and four in the outer row ; unarmed above. Hind tibiae flat- 

 tened above, about thirty spines in the outer and twenty-five 

 in the inner row, irregular in size, some very minute ; unarmed 

 below. In addition to the apical pairs of spines, the first joint 

 of the hind tarsi has several and the second joint one pair of 

 minute spines on the upper surface. 



Colours. — Brownish-red, the palpi and tarsi pale-yellow. 



Length, 17mm. ; pronotum, 5mm. ; thorax, 9mm. ; ab- 

 domen, 8mm. ; fore tibia, 12mm. ; hind tibia, 23mm. ; hind 

 femur, 21mm. Width at mesonotum, 5mm, 



Locality. — Near Mount Arthur, Nelson, in limestone caves. 



This description is from a male presented to the Museum 

 by Mr. G. V. Hudson ; I have not seen the female. 



Mr. Brunner's specimens are larger and rather different in 

 colour, being brownish -yellow spotted with chestnut, and 

 the posterior margin of each segment pale. I think, from his 

 very short description, that it is the same as M.filifer, but the 

 length of the hind tibia, being 5-7 times the length of the pro- 

 notum, is more like M. edwardsii. 



Macropathus edwardsii. 



Hadenoecus edivardsii, Scudder, Pro. Boston Soc. of Nat. 

 Hist., vol. xii., p. 408 (1869). i^)Ceut}ioiohilus lanceolatus, 

 Walker, Cat. Dermaptera Saltatoria in the British Museum, 

 pt. i., p. 204 (1869). 



Antennae between five and six times as long as the body. 

 Legs longer than in the last species. All the femora unarmed 

 below. 



Colours. — Dark-brown, with the palpi and tarsi pale. 



Length, 22mm. (?) ; pronotum, 6mm.; thorax, ll-5mm. ; 

 fore tibia, 23mm. ; hind tibia, 40mm. 



Locality. — CoUingwood, near Nelson, in limestone caves. 

 (Edwards.) 



I have not seen this species, but the absence of spines from 

 the hind femur and its great length of leg seem to distinguish 

 it from the last. 



