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in his description of /. eudyptidis. Our description differs in some 

 respects from that of Neumann, who kindly lent us his types for purposes 

 of study. 



Neumann (1904, p. 451) has himself degraded /. praecoxalis and 

 /. intermedins to the rank of synonyms of his /. eudyptidis Maskell. 

 We recognize /. signatus Birula ( = /. parvirostris Neumann, 1901, 

 and /. eudyptidis var. signata Neumann, 1904) as a distinct species, 

 after examining the type specimens so named. 



Male : unknown. 



Female : Body attains 8 x 5*5 mm. Scutum dark brown, much 

 longer than broad (1'7 x 12 mm. 1 ), hexagonal 2 , with rounded posterior 

 border, broadest rather in front of its anterior third, slightly corrugated 

 on its anterior and antero-lateral borders, elsewhere marked with very 

 small discrete punctations; cervical grooves shallow, broad, wavy (Fig. 

 213), the anterior commencement of lateral grooves faintly indicated ; 

 scapulae rounded and not prominent in front. Short white hairs present 

 in anterior portion, probably caducent elsewhere. Dorsum with a few 



CP r^v. 



Fig. 213. I. neumanni ? : capitulum and scutum; ventral aspect of capitulum, ana 

 groove, coxae, spiracle and tarsus 4. (There should be a slight ventral spur on 

 trochanters 1, 2 and 3). From New Zealand, ex Trouessart coll., 1894. (Neumann 

 coll. 710. Original, G. H. F. N. del.) 



1 The scutum of I. intermedins Neumann, 1899, p. 132, measures 1-5 x 1 mm., that of 

 J. praecoxalis Neumann, 1899, p. 121 ; 1902, p. 119, measures M x 1mm. 



5 The postero-lateral borders are more rectilinear than is shown in the figure. 



