196 CATALOGUE OF 



Prothorax transversus, marginibus subreflexis, lateribus rotundatis. Abdo- 

 men breve. Oviductus valde arcuatus, abdomine longior. Pedes validi, 

 breviusculi; femora postica extus trispinosa, intus quinquespinosa ; tibiae 

 quatuor anteriores biseriatim trispinosae; tibiae posticas biseriatim quadri- 

 spinosae ; tarsi breves, lati. 



Female. Body thick, smooth, shining, convex. Head short, a little 

 broader lhan the prothorax ; front and face inclined hindward. Mandibles 

 curved, lanceolate, acute. Eyes of moderate size, slightly elongated and 

 prominent. Palpi slender, filiform. Maxillary palpi long; first and second 

 joints short; third, fourth and tilth long ; third and fourth of equal length ; 

 filth a little longer than the fourth. Antennae long, slender. Prothorax 

 transverse; borders slightly refiexed; sides rounded. Mesothorax and 

 rnetathorax well developed. Abdomen short. Cerci less than one-fourth 

 of the abdomen. Oviduct much curved upward, rather longer than the 

 abdomen. Legs stout, rather short, slightly pubescent ; femora grooved 

 beneath; four anterior femora unarmed; hind femora with three small 

 spines on the outer side and with five on the inner side ; four anterior tibia3 

 with three rather long spines on each side beyond the middle ; hind tibiae 

 almost as long as the hind femora, with four short spines on each side ; 

 tarsi with four short broad joints. 



20. STENOPELMATUS GUTTIFRONS. 



Fcem. Fulvus ; frons nigra, luteo unimaculata ; antenna picece, basi 

 fulvee; abdomen piceum; oviductus fulmis. 



Female. Tawny. Front black, flat, with a round luteous spot at a 

 little in front of the sockets of the antennae. Mandibles with black tips. 

 Antennas piceous, tawny at the base. Abdomen and cerci piceous. Ovi- 

 duct tawny. Tarsi piceous. Length of the body 7 lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Group 10. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum, glabrum, fere cvlindricum. Caput prothoraee. 

 non latius, supra valde rotundatum, antice punctatum. Oculi parvi. Palpi 

 maxillares sat validi ; arliculus 5us subclavatus, 4o paullo longior. Pro- 

 thorax antice paullo latius, sulcis duobus transversis, 2a subundulata. 

 Sternum punctatum. Abdomen vix compressum, prothorace fere quadruple 

 longius. Oviductus arcuatus, cercis duplo longior. Pedes crassi, breviusculi; 

 tibiae quatuor anteriores biseriatim bispinosae ; tibiae posticae exlus tri- 

 spinosae, intus quadrispinosse. Ala; vix ullae. 



Female. Body thick, nearly cylindrical, smooth, shining. Head not 

 broader than the prothorax, very convex above, punctured in front ; labrum 

 large, prominent. Mandibles punctured. Eyes small, oval, not prominent. 

 Palpi rather stout, moderately long, with a slight apical vesicle ; fifth joint 

 of the maxillary palpi subclavate, a little longer than the fourth ; third joint 

 of the labial clavale, longer than the second. Antennae long, slender. Pro- 

 thorax transvere, a little broader in front, with two transverse furrows; first 

 near the fore border ; second less determinate, slightly undulating. Sternum 

 punctured. Prosternum with a ridge on each side. Abdomen rather long, 

 vtry slighily compressed, nearly four times the length of the prothorax. 



