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4. Hemioeina abbreviata. 



Foem. Fulva, punctata ; caput breve, carina plana ; palpi tcstacei ; pro- 

 thorax sulco antico transverso, sulcis duobus obliquis sulcoque tenui 

 longitudinali ; abdomen suturis apiceque nigricanlibus ; cerci fulvi ; 

 oviduclus piceus, subarcuatus, abdominis dimidio brevior ; pedes tes- 

 tiuri, crassi, breviusculi,tibiis posticis rufescenlibus. 



Female. Tawny, convex, shining, thinly punctured. Head short, as 

 broad as ihe prothorax, with a slight keel which is flattened between the 

 sockets of the antennae. Eyes black, slightly prominent. Mandibles black 

 at the tips. Palpi testaceous. Antenna; tawny, long, testaceous at the 

 base. Prothorax with a very slender longitudinal furrow, with an oblique 

 furrow on each side and an auterior transverse furrow. Abdomen with 

 blackish bands on the sutures of the dorsal segments; tip wholly blackish. 

 Cerci tawny. Oviduct piceous, very slightly curved, less than half the 

 length of the abdomen. Legs testaceous, thick, rather short ; femora with 

 oblique interrupted blackish streaks on each side, indistinct on the inner 

 side ; hind femora beneath with a single row of three minute piceous spines 

 towards the tip ; four anterior tibiae with four minute piceous spines on the 

 outer side and with three on the inner side ; hind tibiae reddish, with four 

 long thick piceous spiues on each side ; tarsi tawny. Length of the body 

 14 lines. 



The shorter abdomen and much shorter oviduct distinguish it from 

 the preceding species. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Henry Drew, Esq. 



" These insects were found in caves half a mile within. Mr. Drew 

 supposed them to feed upon a species of Lichen." 



5. Hemideina producta. 



Fcem. Fulva, cylindrica, punctata ; caput nigrum, facie clypeoque 

 fulvis ; palpi lestacei ; prothorax sulcis duobus obliquis nigricanti- 

 bus; abdomen longum, segmentis piceo marginatis ; oviduclus sub- 

 arcuatus, abdomine brevior ; pedes robusti, longiusculi, tibiis posticis 

 subdilatatis. 



Female. Tawny, cylindrical, shining, thinly punctured. Head black; 

 face and labrum tawny. Eyes ferruginous, prominent. Palpi testaceous; 

 fourth joint of the maxillary palpi longer than the third ; third joint of the 

 labial palpi clavate, black at the tip. Antenna; piceous, tawny at the base. 

 Prothorax slightly transverse, with an oblique blackish furrow on each side. 

 Abdomen long; hind borders of the segments piceous. Oviduct slightly 

 curved, rather shorter than the abdomen. Legs stout, rather long; femora 

 with a row of short oblique interrupted black streaks on each side; hind 

 femora with a single row of small black spines which from the first to the 

 fourth successively increase in size; four anterior tibiae with three rather 

 small black-tipped spines on each side, excluding the apical spines; fore 

 tibiae contracted near the base ; hind tibiae slightly dilated, with four long 



