208 CATALOGUE OF 



3. MACROPATHUS ALTUS. 



Foein. Testaceus ; palpi pallidissime flaw ; antennae fulvce; pro- 

 thorax nigricante bifasciatus ; abdominis segmenta nigricanle uni- 

 fasciata ; oviductus fulvus, apice piceus ; femora fasciis duabus 

 fuscis fasciaque apicali nigricante ; tibiae anticce nigricante bifas- 

 ciatce ; tibits intermedia fasciis duabus nigricantibus fasciaque 

 subapicali picea ; tibiae posticce picece, apice subtus testacece. 



Female. Testaceous. Eyes piceous. Palpi very pale yellow. An- 

 tennae tawny. Prothorax with a blackish band on the fore border and 

 another on the hind border. Mesothorax, metathorax and dorsal segments 

 of the abdomen with a blackish band on each hind border. Oviduct 

 tawny, piceous towards the tip. Femora with two brown irregular bands 

 and with a more determinate blackish apical band ; fore tibiae with two 

 blackish bands, pale yellow towards the tips ; middle tibise with two 

 blackish bands and with an indeterminate piceous band nearer the tip ; 

 hind tibia? piceous, testaceous beneath towards the tips; fore tarsi pale 

 yellow. Length of the body 12 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by H. Drew, Esq. " These insects were 

 found in caves, half a mile within." 



Genus 21. LIBANASA. 



Fcem. Corpus glabrum, nitens, subcompressum. Caput breve. 

 Palpi maxillares labialibus triplo longiores; articuli 3us et 4us subae- 

 quales ; 5us paullo longior. Antennae longae. Prothorax longiuscnlus ; 

 latera valde rotundata. Oviductus arcuatus, abdomini aequilongus. Pedes 

 robusti, longiusculi ; femora inermia ; tibiae quatuor anteriores biseriatim 

 quadrispinosae, supra bispinosae ; tibiae posticae extus undecimspinosae, 

 intus novemspinosae. 



Female. Body convex, smooth, shining, slightly compressed. Head 

 short, as broad as the prothorax. Eyes oval, not prominent. Maxillary 

 palpi about thrice the length of the labial ; third and fourth joints about 

 equal in length ; fifth a little longer. Third joint of the lubial palpi sub- 

 clavate. Antennae not less than twice the length ofihe body. Prothorax 

 elongate ; sides much rounded. Cerci slender, about one-fourth of the 

 length of the oviduct. Oviduct curved upward, as long as the abdomen. 

 Legs stout, rather long ; femora unarmed ; hind femora with oblique 

 ridges along the outer side ; four anterior tibia? with four spines along each 

 side and with two spines above; hind tibiae with eleven spines along the 

 outer side and with nine along the inner side; the four long spines and 

 two apical short spines as usual. 



1. LlBANAEA INC1SA. 



Fcem. Nigra* subtus testacea ; caput testaceum, nigro binolatum ; 

 antennce fulvce, basi testacece ; prothorax vittis duabus latis teslaceis 

 nigro unimaculatis et uniguttatis ; oviductus fulvus ; pedes testacei, 

 femoribus quatuor anterioribus nigro guttatis, femoribw posticis 

 nigro bifasciatis et oblique strigatis. 



