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as the width at base, apex twice as wide, coarsely longitudinally 

 striate above; second segment twice as long as the first; coarsely 

 striate, except at apex, which is smooth and shining; third segment 

 very convex, delicately shagreened, as long as wide, broadest 

 behind the middle, almost twice as long as the first and second 

 together; fom'th and fifth very short, sixth minute, occupying a 

 median emargination of the fifth. 



Type from Mt. Arthur (4000 ft.) New Zealand (A. Philpott). 



This is the first member of this widely distributed genus to 

 be found in New Zealand. It is similar to the European H. 

 pleuralis Kieffer said to be probably from England, but differs by 

 the longer striae on the second abdominal segment and by the 

 presence of the median frontal line. Among the species known 

 from Australia, several of which have the thorax somewhat 

 shnilarly colored, it may be known by the smooth third abdominal 

 s?gment and different conformation of the antennal joints. 



Paragryon castaneus sp. nov. 

 9 . Apterous; length 2 mm. Reddish brown, the antennae 

 and legs, including coxae, more nearly fulvous; pleurae piceous. 

 Abdomen, especially beyond the second segment, thinly clothed 

 with sparse, appressed, golden yellow hairs. The hairs, due to 

 differences in direction, form more or less curved or sinuous 

 ]:)atches which reflect light differently in relation to the source of 

 illumination and give a peculiar mottled appearance. Head one- 

 third broader than the thorax; twice as wide as long; temples 

 rounded; occiput broadly emarginate and strongly margined; 

 ocelei widely separated, the lateral ones separated by only their 

 ow^n diameter from the eye-margin; eyes pubescent, ovate; malar 

 space as long as the width of the eye ; head more or less irregularly 

 longitudinally striate above; front smooth medially above the 

 antennae and vertically striate-punctate at the sides; cheeks with 

 striae converging toward the base of the mandibles, head behind 

 coarsely and rather closely punctate. Antennae 12-jointed; club 

 6-jointed; funicle and club of equal length, scape a little longer, 

 reaching the vertex; scape slender; pedicel twice as long as thick; 

 first flagellar joint longer than the pedicel, three times as long as 



