478 jNIr. Y. Smith's descriptions of new sjwcics 



macular on the sides of the mesothorax beneath the wings, 

 a subquadrate one on the sides of the metathorax, -white ; 

 a spot on the mesothorax above, the scutennm and post- 

 scutelkmi, and a hirge ti-ilol)ate spot at the apex of the 

 metathorax, -white ; -wings hyaline, the ncrvures black ; 

 legs ferruginous, the anterior tibiae swollen ; the anterior 

 coxfe -white, the intermediate pair sometimes more or less 

 so, and also the posterior tarsi, the base and apex of the 

 latter black ; the tips of the ])Osterior femora and apical 

 half of the ]iostcrior tibi;e black. Abdomen : the apical 

 margin of all the segments white. 



Male. — This sex closely resembles the female, and has 

 joints 13 — 19 of the antenna3 white. 



Taken in North Island by J. D. Enys, Esq. 



Ophionides. 



O phi on inutilis. 



Female. — Length 4 j[ lines, llufo-ferrugiuons; the basal 

 portion of the antennre, to the extent of about one-third of 

 their length, ferruginous. The prothorax, the scutellum 

 and the tibia? and tarsi paler than the rest of the thorax ; 

 the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures fuscous, 

 more or less ferruginous at the base of the Aving ; the 

 stigma pale rufo-ferruginous. Abdomen rufo-fuscous 

 towards the apex. 



Opliion jJeveijrinus. 



Female. — Length 7 lines. Rufo-ferruginous ; a narrow 

 line at the inner orbits of the eyes, and a broad one behind 

 them, yellow ; antennre black, with the scape and two 

 basal joints of the flagellum rufo-ferruginous. Thorax : 

 the anterior margin of the prothorax, the tegulre, and a 

 spot beneath the wings, another beneath the posterior 

 wings close to the intermediate cox:v, the sides of the 

 metathorax, and the scutellum and post-scutellum, yellow ; 

 the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures fuscous, all 

 the nei-vures more or less ferniginous at the base of the 

 wings as well as the stigma ; the claws of the tarsi black. 

 Abdomen more or less fuscous at the apex beneath. 



Pan iscus epk ipp iatus. 



Female. — Length 6g lines. Rufo-ferruginous ; the space 

 between the ocelli black ; the ajiical third of the antennre 

 fuscous ; tips of the mandibles black. Thorax: the meso- 



