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six spines on each side ; hind tibiae with numerous spines in four rows. 

 Length of the body 18 lines. 



The oviduct is longer than that of S. denticulata. 

 a. Swan River. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



15. SAGA PARVULA. 



Mas. Testaceo-viridis, punctata ; caput cornu brevi porrecto lato lineari 

 apice rolundato, lituris quatuor fronteque nigris; prothorax strigis 

 duabus nigris longitudinalibus arcuatis valde inlerruptis, dor so piano, 

 lateribus marqinequepostico subrotundatis ; sternum nig rum, testaceo- 

 viridi marginatum ; femora quatuor posteriora fusco conspersa ; 

 femora intermedia trispinulosa ; femora postica biseriatim spinulosa ; 

 tibia quatuor anteriores biseriatim spinosce ; tibia posticce quadri- 

 seriatim spinulosce ; alee anticce fusco bifasciala, abdomen non super- 

 antes. 



Male. Testaceous-green. Head and prothorax thickly punctured. 

 Head with two small black marks on each side, one by the eye, the other 

 on the hind border; a broad linear porrect protuberance, much rounded hi 

 front and extending a little beyond the first joint of the antennae ; front 

 black, long, very oblique. Mandibles black. Eyes very prominent. 

 Fourth joint of the maxillary palpi a little shorter than the third; fifth 

 much longer than the third. Antennae about twice the length of the body. 

 Prothorax with a curved much interrupted black streak on each side ; the 

 flat dorsal surface dilated hindward; sides and hind border slightly 

 rounded, the latter slightly notched on each side. Sternum black, bordered 

 with testaceous-green. Abdomen with two bidentate apical hooks; ventral 

 segments piceous. Four posterior femora speckled with brown ; middle 

 femora with three minute spines beneath ; hind femora with two rows of 

 minute spines beneath ; four anterior tibiae with five small black-tipped 

 spines on each side beneath; hind tibiae with four rows of minute spines. 

 Fore wings not extending beyond the abdomen, with two broad brown 

 bands; first band basal, interrupted ; second subapical, entire. Length of 

 the body 9 lines. 



a. Oahu, Sandwich Islands. Presented by Capt. Beechey. 



Sect. n. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Caput conicum, prolhorace paullo latius, 

 cornu antico parvo conico porreeto; frons longa, valde obliqua. Oculi 

 rotundi, valde globosi. Palporum articulus 3us 4o longior, 5o brevior. 

 Antennae graciles, corpore lungiores. Prothorax apud medium coarctatns, 

 margine postico rotundato. Oviductus subarcuatus, abdomine paullo 

 longior. Pedes longi, femoribus tibiisque quatuor anterioribus biseriatim 

 sexspinosis, femoribus posticis biseriatim spinosis, tibiis posticis quadri- 

 seriatim spinosis. Alae anticse angustse. Alae posticae longiores. 



Female. Body slender. Head conical, a little broader than the pro- 

 thorax, with a little conical porrect protuberance between the antennas ; 

 front long, very oblique. Eyes round, very prominent. Third joint of the 

 maxillary palpi longer than the fourth, shorter than the fifth. Antennae 

 slender, longer than the body. Prothorax saddle-shaped, slightly contracted 



