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"behind, dorsal shield occupying anterior two-thirds of dorsum, 

 truncate behind, with two rows of long bristles each side, 

 the submedian row not regular, a few other bristles near 

 margin, a pair in front, and several behind the shield. Legs 

 long but rather stout, the second pair plainly heavier than 

 the others, the first and fourth pairs about as long as the body, 

 all with long simple hairs ; tarsus 1 about one and one-half 

 times longer than the preceding joint, all with short-stalked 

 caroncles; sternal shield with three bristles each side, ventral 

 shield very broad behind and truncate, anal shield but little 

 longer than broad at base, not much narrowed behind, a stout 

 bristle at each posterior corner, several bristles near margins 

 of ventral shield, and others on ventral surface outside of 

 shield. The peritreme begins behind coxa 3 and extends in 

 slight, almost even, curve forward. Last joint of palpus has 

 a little process or finger on middle beneath. Length, 1 mm. 

 Hob. — New South Wales: Sydney, with GamponStus, sp. 

 (No. 14865). 



Cyrtolaelaps gracilipes, n. sp. 

 PL xxiv., fig. 12. 



9 . Body about one and one-half times as long as broad, 

 broadest at middle, tapering each way, with about seven 

 simple hairs on each side, mostly behind; legs very long and 

 slender, especially the tarsi, all with simple hairs ; sternal 

 shield deeply concave behind, with two bristles each side, 

 genital with one bristle each side, ventral shield tapering 

 behind, the anal shield broad and truncate in front, a bristle 

 behind anus, about six simple bristles on ventral surface each 

 side of ventral shield. 



The male has the body more tapering behind, leg 2 larger 

 but without spurs, the coxa 4 more approximate. Length, 

 '9 mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Sydney and Liverpool. Vic- 

 toria : Lai Lai, with Ponera 1 uteri, Ca?nponotits nigriceps, 

 Ectatomma metallicum, and Pol // r rich is he. meant ha. 



Cyrtolaelaps femoralis, n. sp. 



PI. xxv., fig, 15. 



Yellow-brown ; body oval, pointed in front, rounded 

 behind; dorsum smooth, without hairs; epistoma with a 

 slender median point: sternum with four bristles in a trans- 

 verse row across middle; vulva between hind coxae sub- 

 triangular; legs short, but very slender and with only fine 

 hairs, tarsus 1 ends in fine hairs but with a small caroncle 

 and claws, tibia 1 shorter than tarsus, as long as patella ; in 

 legs 3 and 4 the femora are long, very slender at base, and 



