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piceous, hardly curved, lawny towards the tip, where it is serrated beneath, 

 as lorjg as the abdomen, and more than thrice the length of the cerci. 

 Legs rather long and slender; four anterior femora piceous above at the 

 tips, with two spines beneath ; hind femora with piceous oblique streaks 

 on the outer side and with several extremely minute spines beneath ; 

 tibia3 with four spines alternately on each side; hind tibia with longer 

 spines, very minutely serrated on each side. Length of the body 7 lines. 



The black lines on the vertex distinguish it from C. maculatus. 



14. Ceuthophilus zonarius. 



Fcem. Pallide luteus ; palporum articulus 3us 4o longior, bo multo bre- 

 vior; prothorax sirigis quatuor lonyitudinalibus nigris, plagis quatuor 

 nigris luteo gullatis ; abdominis segmenta fasciis poslicis nigris sub- 

 interruptis ; oviductus perparum arcuatus, apice serratus, abdomine 

 non brevior ; femora antica bispinosa ; femora intermedia sexspinosa ; 

 femora poslica subserrata ; libi/c quatuores biseriatim trispinosce ; tibial 

 intermedia supra sexspinulosa; ; tibia posticcb biseriatim subscrratte 

 el quadrispinosa. 



Female. Pale luteous. Head not broader than the prothorax, vertical 

 in front. Eyes piceous, nearly round, not prominent. Mandibles with 

 black tips. Filth joint of the maxillary palpi much longer than the third 

 and nearly twice the length of the fourth. Antenna? tawny. Prothorax 

 with four short longitudinal black streaks in the disk, the outer pair much 

 more slender than the inner pair; two large black patches on each side, 

 each containing some luteous dots. Mesotliorax, inetathorax and dorsal 

 segments of the abdomen with a black slightly interrupted baud on the 

 hind border, the bands on the mesothorax and on the metathorax broader 

 and less regular than those on the abdomen. Cerci nearly one-third of the 

 length of the oviduct; the latter very slightly curved, serrated beneath at 

 the tip, full as long as the abdomen. Fore femora with two minute spines 

 beneath near the tips; middle femora with six minute spines beneath; 

 hind femora very minutely serrated beneath ; four anterior tibia; with three 

 pairs of spiues beneath ; middle tibia? with six minute spines above ; hind 

 tibia? very minutely serrated on each side, where there are four spines 

 placed alternately. Length of the body 7 lines. 



It agrees with C. maculatus in structure, but differs much from it in 

 markings. 



a. Vancouver's Isle. Presented by Dr. Lyall. 



15. Ceuthophilus guttulosus. 



Fcem. Nigricans, subtus testaceus ; caput nigricante biplagiatum ; palpi 

 maxillares pallide picei, articulo 3o 4o paullo longiore, bo paullo 

 breviore ; prothorax vitta media lilurisque duabus lateralibus ramosis 

 luteis ; abdomen vitlis quinque luteis guttularibus ; oviductus tes- 

 taceus, perparum arcuatus, apice serratus, abdomine vix brevior; 

 pedes testacei, femoribus tibiisque quatuor anterioribus spinosis apice 

 piceis. 



