206 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 20. MACROPATHUS. 



Mas. Corpus parvum, glabrum, nitens. Caput magnum, prothorace 

 non brevius, antice subplanutu. Palpi maxillares gracillimi, longissimi ; 

 articulus 4us, 3o longior 2o brevior. Antenna? longissimae ; articulus lus 

 longus, erassus. Proiborax anlice latior, postice producing. Mesothorax 

 et metatborax beDe determinati. Abdomen breve, subcompressum. Cerci 

 graciles, setis longis instruct], abdomine vix breviores. Pedes gracillimi, 

 longissimi; femora sexspinosa, basi crassa ; genua nodosa; tibiae quatuor 

 anteriores spinsae ; tibiae postiea? biseriatim spiuulosa?; tarsi longissimi, 

 gracillimi. 



Male. Body small, convex, smooth, shining. Head large, as long as 

 the prothorax; fore part nearly horizontal; labrura prominent. Man- 

 dibles small. Eyes small, neatly elliptical, not prominent. Maxillary 

 palpi very slender, longer than the head and the prothorax together ; fourth 

 joint a little longer than the third ; fifth subclavate, longer than the fourth. 

 Third joint of the labial palpi clavale, longer than the second. Antenna? 

 extremely long; first joint very long and thick. Prothorax broadest in 

 front ; hind part elongated, conical. Mesothorax and metatborax much 

 developed. Abdomen short, slightly compressed. Cerci slender, beset 

 with long bristles, nearly as long as the abdomen. Legs very slender, 

 extremely long, thrice longer or more than the body; hind femora with 

 six minute spines beneath, slender except near the base; knees nodose; 

 four anterior tibia? with four or five slender spines; hind tibia? with two 

 rows of numerous very minute spines ; tarsi very long and slender; first 

 joint about thrice the length of the second ; third less than half the length 

 of the second; fourth a little shorter than the second; claws minute. 

 Female. — Oviduct very slightly curved upwards, almost as long as the 

 body. Antenna? rather shorter than those of the male. 



1. Macropathus filifer. 



Mas et foem. Fulvus ; palpi albidi ,• tibia apices versus tarsique 

 testacea. 



Male. Tawny. Eyes piceous. Mandibles with black tips. Palpi 

 whitish. Tibia? towards the tips and tarsi testaceous, paler in the fore legs 

 than in the others. Antenna? about ninety-six lines in length, and thus 

 more than nine times the length of the body. Length of the body 10 

 lines. 



a— d. New Zealand. " In caves, half a mile within." Presented by 

 H. Drew, Esq. 



Group 2. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput breve ; labrum bene determinatum. 

 Palpi longi, graciles; articulus 4us 3o multo longior; 5us 4o multo 

 longior. Antenna? basi robusta?, corpore fere quadruplo longiores. Cerci 

 setosi, longiusculi ; sat robusti. Pedes longissimi, sat graciles; genua 

 jncrassata. Fam. — Oviductus, subarcuatus, abdomine multo longior. 



