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thorax transversus, carinis lateralibus indeterminalis, laterilnis rotundatis. 

 Cerci oviductu breviores. Oviductus corpori aequilongus. Pedes vobusti, 

 longiusculi; femora postica apice subtus nodosa; tibiae posticae utrinque 

 serrataB et quadrispinosae. 



Female. Body stout, convex, shining, extremely minutely punctured. 

 Head short, hardly narrower than the prothorax, slightly prominent between 

 the sockets of the antenna?. Eves rather small, slightly elongated, not 

 prominent. Third joint of the palpi clavate, longer than the second. 

 Prothorax transverse : lateral keels indeterminate; sides rounded. Cerci 

 shorter than the oviduct, which is as long as the body. Legs stout, rather 

 long; hind femora with a short stout appendage beneath at the tips; hind 

 tibia? serrated and with four short spines on each side, spines on the one 

 side alternate with those on the other. Wings wholly wanting. 



I. Laranda tibialis. 



Foem. Nigra ; prothorax tiileo bimaculatus ; abdominis tegmentum 

 basale margine postico rufescente ; tibia; rufce. 



Female. Black. Eyes piceous. Prothorax with a luteous spot on 

 each side in the fore part of the disk. Hind border of the first abdominal 

 segment reddish. Cerci and oviduct piceous. Tibiae and tarsi red. Hind 

 femora obliquely striated on the outer side. Length of the body 9 lines. 



a. Rio Janeiro. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 



nn. Spines of the hind tibiae long. 



Genus 32. ZAORA. 



Fcem. Corpus convexum, apterum, breviusculum, subpubescens. 

 Caput subcarinatum, thorace brevius el paullo angustius. Oculi magni, 

 oblongi, non prominuli. Palpi maxillares graciles, longiusculi ; articulus 

 3us fere linearis, 2o longior. Antennas gracillimae, corpore plus duplo 

 longiores. Prothorax transversus; latera valde rotundata. Cerci corpore 

 non breviores. Pedes longi, graciles; tibia? postica? biseriatim quadii- 

 spinosa?. 



Female. Body convex, apterous, rather short, slightly pubescent. 

 Head ridged between the sockets of the antennae, shorter and a little 

 narrower than the prothorax ; face vertical. Eyes large, oblong, not pro- 

 minent, near the hind border. Maxillary palpi slender, rather long; third 

 joint nearly linear, longer than the second. Antennae very slender, much 

 more than twice the length of the body. Prothorax rather broader than 

 long; sides very much rounded. Cerci full as long as the body. Oviduct 

 rather shorter than the body. Legs long, slender ; hind tibiae with four 

 spines on each side, those on the one side alternate with those on the other ; 

 first joint of the hind tarsi armed with two long spines. 



This genus perhaps belongs to the following family. 



I. Zaora cinctipes. 



Mas. Testaeeus, tomentosus ; caput carina villisque tribus (una inter- 

 lineata) anterioribus liturisque adhuc anterioribus nigricantibus ; 

 antennre corpore triplo longiores ; thorax piceo notatus ; cerci abdo- 

 mine paullo longiores ; pedes fusco fascial! '. 



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