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

 as long 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 ; 

 tibiae with four spines alternately on each side ; hind tibiae 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. maculalus. 



14. CEUTHOPHILUS ZONARIUS. 



Foem. Pallide luteus ; palporum arliculus 3us 4o longior, 5o mullo bre- 

 vier; prothorax strigis quatuor lonyitudinalibus nigris, plagis quatuor 

 nigris luteo gultatis ; abdominis segmenta fasciis posticis nigris sub- 

 interruptis; oviductus perparum arcuatus, apice serratus, abdomine 

 non brevior ; femora anlica bispinosa ; femora intermedia sexspinosa ; 

 femora posticasubserrata; tibia qualuores biseriatim trispinosce ; tibia 

 intermedia supra sexspinulosee ; tibia posticcd biseriatim subserratce 

 et quadrispinoscB. 



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

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

 black tips. Fifth joint of the maxillary palpi much longer lhan the third 

 and nearly twice the length of the fourth. Antennae 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. Mesothorax, metathorax and dorsal 

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

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

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

 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 

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

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

 pairs of spines beneath ; middle tibiae with six minute spines above ; hind 

 tibiae 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. 



Fo3m. Nigricans, subtus testaceus ; caput nigricante biplagiatum ; palpi 

 maxillares pallide picei, articulo 3o 4o paullo longiore, 5o paullo 

 breviore ; prothorax vitta media liturisque 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. 



