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Male. Body stout, convex, smooth, shining. Head short ; fore part 

 vertical ; labium prominent. Palpi long, slender ; fourth joint much 

 longer than the third ; fifth much longer than the fourth. Antennae stout 

 towards the base, nearly four times the length of the body. Thorax and 

 abdomen as in the first group. (lerci lanceolate, setose, rather long and 

 stout. Legs rather slender, very long; femora and four anterior tibiae 

 armed with a few spines on each side beneath; knees incrassated ; hind 

 tibia; armed with numerous minute spines on each side beneath ; first 

 joint of the tarsi more than twice the length of the second; second more 

 than twice the length of the third ; fourth as long as the second. Female. 

 ■ — Oviduct slightly curved upward, much longer than the abdomen. 



2. Macropathus fascifer. 



Mas. Testaeeus ; palpi albidi ; prothorax piceo aut nigro bifasciatua ; 

 segmentorum ubdominalium margines postici picei aut nigri ; pedes 

 piceo aut nigro fasciali, tibiis apice tarsisque pallide testaceis. 



Male. Testaceous. Mandibles with black tips. Eyes and antennas 

 piceous. Palpi whitish. Prothorax with a piceous or black band on the 

 lore border, and another on the hiud border. Mesothorax, metathorax 

 and dorsal segments of the abdomen with piceous or black hind borders. 

 Femora and tibia; with piceous or black bands; tibiae towards the lips and 

 tarsi pale testaceous. Length of the body 12 lines. 



a — c. New Zealand, in caves. Presented by H. Drew, Esq. 



Group 3. 



Fcem. Corpus altum, subcompressum, arcuatum. Caput brevissimum, 

 transverse substriatum. Palpi longissimi, gracillimi, ariiculi 3us et 4us 

 aequales; ous subclavatus, 4o multo longior. Antennae corpore iriplo aut 

 quadruplo longiores. Piothoracis latera suhrutundata. Cerci longi, 

 graciles. Oviductus subarcuatus, corpore longior. Pedes graciles, lon- 

 gissimi; femora quatuor anteriora bispinosa ; femora postica quadri- 

 spiuosa; tibiae anticae biseriatim quadrispinosae; tibiae intermedia? biseri- 

 atim trispinosae ; tibiae postica; biseriatim spinulosa?. 



Female. Body deep, smooth, shining, slightly compressed, arched 

 above. Head very short, vertical in front, where it is transversely and 

 very slightly striated. Eyes elongated, oblique, slightly prominent. 

 Mandibles small. Maxillary palpi very long and slender; third and' 

 fourth joints of equal length ; fifth subclavate, much longer than the 

 fourth. Third joint of the labial palpi clavate. Antennae between thrice 

 and lour times the length of the. body. Prothorax slightly transverse ; 

 border not reflexed; sides slightly rounded. Cerci long, slender, beset 

 with long bristles, nearly one-fourth of the length of the oviduct. Oviduct 

 very slightly curved upward, somewhat longer than the body, Legs 

 slender, very long; four anterior femora with two minute spines beneath 

 near the tips ; hind femora with four minute spines beneath ; four anterior 

 tibiae with minute apical spiues; fore tibiae with four and middle tibiae 

 with three minute spines on each side beneath ; hiud tibiae with above 

 thirty minute spines on each side beneath (those towards the base ex- 

 tremely small) and with four apical spines, two of which are very long. 



