E. MJÖBERG: on some new, AUSTRALIAN GRYLLIDS UND FORFICULIDS. 27 



verging nearly parallel stripes; squamji,' yellow, on the 

 lateral margin darkbrown. Legs yellow; forceps in both 

 sexes nearly of the same shape, densely covered with 

 long yellow, hairs. 



Long. (^ 18 mm., $ 19 mm. 



Allied to P_v,Ç. (/cej/zc/ZDoilR'N, but differing by the colour, 

 the entireh' }'ellow antenna;, the yellow and dark abdominal 

 segments, the smaller size etc. 



5 specimens collected at Noonkanbah and Broome, West- 

 Kiniberley N. W. Australia. The species lives under bark. 



Labidura leiicotarsata n. sp. 



Allied to Laâ. riparia Pali., and Lab. hengalcnsis DOHRN 

 but apparently distinct from both. 



Head broader than prothorax, reddish brown; mouth- 

 parts and clypeus lighter. Elytra dark with reddish suture, 

 femora dark-brown, at the base lighter, tibiae yellow, tarsi 

 nearly white. Forceps with long branches, only slightly curved, 

 behind the middle with a distinct tooth, and at the top with 

 another distinct one. 



Long. Ç 26 mm. 



Differing from Lab. riparia Pall, by having two distinct 

 teeth on the forceps, from Lab. bengalcnsis DoiiRN by the 

 teeth being placed in a different way, the much smaller 

 size etc. 



A single cT from Perth, S. W. Australia. 



Labidura australica n. sp. 



Body long and elongated, covered by fine soft hairs; 

 antennae totally dark. Prothorax with yellow board, impressed 

 in the middle. Elytra very long; squamae long and distinct 

 at the top with a yellow spot. Forceps with the branches 

 slightly curved, behind the middle with a little tooth. 



Long, cf 12 mm. 



Allied to Lab. vidua Luc, but differing by the darker 



