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twice the length of the body. Prothorax with two slight curved transverse 

 furrows; hind border slightly elongated, much rounded. Prosteruum, 

 tnesosternum and metasternuin with a black curved band on each. 

 Prosternum with two spines. Apical appendages of the abdomen consisting 

 of two short obtuse teeth above, of two slender obtuse slightly curved spines 

 beneath, and with two intermediate thick obtuse slightly curved spines. 

 Legs stout ; fore coxae with one spine ; femora and tibiae with small black- 

 tipped spines; fore femora with five spines on the outer side and with six 

 on the inner side; middle femora with six spines on the outer side and 

 with two on the inner side ; hind femora with a single row of ten spines; 

 fore tibiae with six spines on each side; middle tibiae with ten spines on the 

 outer side and with fewer on the inner side; hind tibiae with four rows of 

 spines, two with twelve or thirteen spines each, and two with six or seven. 

 Wings not extending beyond the abdomen. Fore wings irregularly and 

 very thickly reticulated ; costa much rounded, except towards the tip. 

 Hind wings pellucid ; veins pale testaceous. Female. Oviduct piceous, 

 curved, much shorter than the abdomen. Length of the body 27 30 

 lines; of the wings 42 51 lines. 



The unspotted fore wings distinguish it from A. megacephala. 



a c. Sunday Island, Australia. From Mr. Macgillivray's collection. 

 d. Sundaw Island, New Zealand. Presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq. 



6 AGIUECIA MARMOBATA. 



Fosrn. \Testacea, longiuscula, dense punctata ; caput longiusculum, 

 apud antennas subcornulum et nigro noiulum, antice obliquum 

 et aspere punctatum, facie nigra ; prolhorax transverse sulcatus, 

 margine antico rotundato, lateribus fere rectis, margine postico sub- 

 producto ; oviductus valde arcuatus, apice niger, abdomine vix 

 brevior ; pedes robusti, femoribus nigro strigalis spinosis : tibiis 

 quatuor anterioribus biseriatim quinqaespinosis^ tibiis posticis 

 quadriseriat.im novemspinosis ; alee anticce coriacece ; alee posticce 

 ciner ea. 



Acanthodis marmorata, Blanch. Voy. Pole Sud. pi. 2, f. 5, 6 Salomona 

 marmorata, Blanch. Voy. Pole Sud. 362. 



Female. Testaceous, convex, shining, elongated, thickly punctured. 

 Head hardly broader than the prolhorax, rather long above, flat and 

 abruptly retracted in front, with a very short horn between the antennae ; 

 a small black mark near the base of each of the antenna, which are also 

 marked with black at the base and are more than twice the length of the 

 body; front roughly punctured; face black. Prothorax hardly broader 

 than long, with a furrow across the middle; fore border rounded; sides 

 nearly straight; hind border slightly elongated in the middle. Oviduct 

 much compressed, much curved upward, black towards the tip, almost as 

 long as the abdomen. Legs stout, moderately long; femora with a black 

 streak on the outer side; four anterior femora with a variable number of 

 minute spines on each side ; hind femora with a single row of seven small 

 spines; four anterior tibiae with five spines on each side; hind tibiae with 

 nine minute spines on each of the four rows; spines with black tips; tarsi 

 broad, except the fourth joint, which is much longer than any of the others. 

 Wings of equal length ; veins tawny. Fore wings coriaceous ; transverse 



