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

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

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

 towards the hase, nearly four times the length of the hody. Thorax and 

 abdomen as in the first group. Cerci 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 

 iil>itu 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. Testaceus ; palpi albidi ; prothorax piceo aut nigro bifasciatus ; 

 segmentorum abdominalium margines postici picei aut nigri ; pedes 

 piceo aut nigro fasciati, tibiis apice tarsisque pallide teslaceis. 



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

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

 lore border, and another on thfe hind border. Mesothorax, metathorax 

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

 Femora and tibiae with piceous or black bands ; tibiae towards the tips 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, articuli 3us et 4us 

 Eequales; 5us subclavatus, 4o multo longior. Antennae corpore triple aut 

 quadruple longiores. Prothoracis latera subrotundata. Cerci lougi, 

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

 gissimi ; femora quatuor anteriora bispinosa ; femora postica quadri- 

 spinosa; tibia3 anticae biseriatim quadrispinosae; tibiae intermediae biseii- 

 aiim trispinosae ; tibiae poslicae biseriatim spiuulosa?. 



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 

 fourih joints of equal length ; fifth subelavate, much longer than the 

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

 and four times the length of the body. Protborax slightly transverse ; 

 border not reflexed; sides sliahtly 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 

 tibia? with minute apical spines; fore tibiae with four and middle tibiae 

 with three minute spines on each side beneath ; hind 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. 



