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If it is not an accidental disposition of the specimen here described, 
the тонике to have "s Duden spurs shorter than the external 
ones. If this feature be confirm y examination of other specimens I 
should not baiio to consider 2 as of generic value; but it seems so 
extraordinary that I cannot decide the question, chiefly from the fact that 
only one leg of the two specimens I have seen was in good condition for 
t 
y. 
I cannot follow Hutton's conclusions as to the synonymy of this 
species with Pachyrhamma edwardsii Br. (non Scudd). Brunner’s descrip- 
tion of the latter species runs as follows: ** Femora antica subtus inermia, 
postica longissima, gracillima, subtus margine interno spinis 4—6 longioribus, 
margine externo spinulis minimis confertissimis armata." This character 
is in absolute contradiction with what we observe and what Hutton 
himself has described in P. cavernae. 
Genus WETA* n. gen. 
Frontal rostrum very narrow, truncated and feebly notched at apex; 
antennae very close at their base. Lateral lobes of pronotum only mode- 
rately high, their inferior margin straight. Cerci rather short and thick, 
little acute at apex. Anterior and. middle femora armed with 2 acute 
movable spines, fore and middle tibiae with 4 apical spurs; posterior 
spine; posterior tibiae rather pubescent, armed with about 35 irregular 
spines; 4 apical spurs only, of which the supero-internal are longer than 
half the metatarsus. Male: Seventh, eighth, and ninth abdominal sternites 
partially united, and with the genital valves form a very remarkable 
genital complex. Female; subgenital plate small, ovipositor rather long, 
almost straight. 
Genotype.— Weta thomsoni n. sp. 
This genus takes place between Miotopus Hutt. and Neonetus Br., 
having movable acicular spines at apex of fore and middle шо апа 
4 apical tibial spurs; but the most remarkable feature consists in the 
form of male M which alone would need the creation of a new 
genus for the species 
Weta thomsoni n. sp. 
d. Medium-sized, rather slender species, with shining teguments, 
T scarce pubescence, coloration yellowish, marbled with brown. 
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* Maori name of the ЫЕ 
