60 CATALOGUE OF 



selulose, brown-speckled. Wings rudimentary. Length of tbe body 

 5 lines. 



The specimen described is without hind legs. 



a. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



15. Nemobius heteropus. 



Fcein. Niger, aplerun, tomenlosus, selnsus, sat robustus ; oculi sub- 

 prominuli ; palpi maxillares albidi ; oviductus ubdomine non 

 brevior ; pedes sal validi, femoribus posticis basi subtusque testaceis, 

 tibiis poslicis utrinque quadrispinosis. 



Female. Black, tomentose, rather stout. Head and prolhorax setose- 

 Head short, as broad as the prolhorax. Eyes transversely elongated, rather 

 large, slightly prominent. Maxillary palpi whitish; third joint slightly 

 securiform, much longer than the second. Antennas slender. Oviduct as 

 long as the abdomen. Legs rather stout ; hind femora testaceous at the 

 base and beneath; hind tibia? with four long slender spines on each side, 

 these spines testaceous towards the base. Wings entirely wanting. Length 

 of the body 3t lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



mm. Hind tibiae with very long spines. 



Genus 16. ARGIZALA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum, parie setosum, fere lineare. Oculi sat 

 magni, subprominuli. Palpi graciles ; articulus 3us clavatus, oblique 

 truncatus. Antennas gracillimas, corpore multo longiores. Prothorax 

 transversus, anlice vix anguslior. Cerci abdomine breviores. Oviductus 

 abdomine longior. Pedes quatuor anteriores breves, sat robusti. Tibiae 

 posticae utrinque spinis quatuor longis setulosis. Alas anticae abdominis 

 apicem attingentes ; venas longitudinales reclae, paralle!8e,benedeterminatae. 

 Alas posticas abdomen longissime supeiantes. 



Female. Body rather stout, nearly linear. Head and prothorax 

 thinly setose. Head as broad as the prolhorax. Eyes rather large, slightly 

 prominent. Palpi slender; third joint of the maxillary palpi clavate, 

 obliquely truncated. Antennas very slender, much longer than the body. 

 Prothorax hardly narrower in front, much broader than long. Ccrci 

 shorter than the abdomen. Oviduct longer than the abdomen. Legs 

 rather stout ; four anterior legs short ; hind legs moderately long ; hind 

 tibiae with four long setose spines on each side, the apical spine more than 

 one-third of the length of the tibia ; first joint of the hind tarsi longer than 

 the second and third together; ungues very small. Fore wings extending 

 to the tip of the abdomen ; longitudinal veins straight, parallel, strongly 

 marked ; transverse veins regular, rather numerous. Hind wings very 

 much longer than the abdomen. 



