164 CATALOGUE OF 



thick black spines ou each side and with three minute spines. Length of 

 the body 19 lines. 



Slightly narrower than H.figurala, to which it is closely allied. 



a, b. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 

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



6. Hemideina tibialis. 



Fceni. Fulva, punctata ; caput carina subsulcata, friinte striata ; palpi 

 apice picei ; prothorax sulcis diiobu.i ob/iquis, sulco longitudinali 

 lenuissimo, plaga anlica picea ; abdominis segmenta piceo marginata ; 

 oviductus vix arcuatus, abdomine puullo brevior ; pedis breves, crassi, 

 tibiis posticis dilalalis biseriatim quadrispinosis. 



Female. Tawny, convex, shining, thinly punctured. Head not 

 broader than the prothorax, with a slight grooved keel between the sockets 

 of the antenna?; front transversely striated. Eyes piceous. Mandibles with 

 piceous tips. Palpi piceous at the tips; fourth joint of the maxillary palpi 

 longer than the third; third joint of the labial palpi clavate. Antenna? 

 very much longer than the body. Prothorax slightly transverse ; a very 

 slender middle furrow and an oblique furrow on each side; a piceous patch 

 in front. Abdomen with a narrow piceous baud on the hind border of each 

 dorsal segment. Oviduct hardly curved, a little shorter than the abdomen. 

 Legs short, thick; femora with a row of short oblique black streaks on each 

 side ; hind femora with a single row of four minute black-tipped spines 

 near the tip; four anterior tibia? with four small black-tipped spines on 

 each side ; fore tibia? contracted near the base; hind tibia? dilated, with 

 four long and very stout black spines ou each side. Length of the body 

 15 lines. 



The shorter and broader hind tibia? distinguish it from H.figurala. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Capt. Stokes. 



7. Hemideina attenuata. 



Fcem. Testacea, angusta, punctata ; caput supra piceum, carina subfoveo- 

 lata, facie antica clypeoque testa ceis ; palpi labiates apice fulvi; 

 antenna picea, sat validie ; prothorax fasciis duabus nigris valde in- 

 delerminalis, laleribus subreflexis ; abdomen nigricante conspersum, 

 apicem versus subcompressnm ; oviductus subarcuatus, abdomine mullo 

 brevior; pedes crassi, tibiis posticis tarsisque ferruyineis illis sub- 

 dilatatis. 



Female. Testaceous, convex, narrow, shining, somewhat roughly 

 punctured. Head piceous, not broader than the prothorax, with a slight 

 grooved keel between the sockets of the antenna; ; face in front, labrum and 

 under side testaceous. Eyes livid, small. Palpi testaceous ; fifth joint of 

 the maxillary palpi subclavate, as long as the fourth ; lateral palpi lawny 

 towards the tips. Antenna? piceous, long, rather stout, testaceous at the 

 base. Prothorax with two very irregular black stripes ; each of the inner 

 pair composed if three spots, a black middle spot between the third pair of 

 spots; the outer pair speckled with testaceous, abbreviated in front; borders 

 slightly reflexed. Abdomen minutely blackish speckled, slightly compressed 



