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curved, the patella and tibia both very short, subequal, the 

 tarsus very long. Length, "75 mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania: Evandale Junction, with Eetatomma 

 metallicum. 



Parasitus lyratus, n. sp. 

 PI. xxv., fig. 13. 



Yellowish. Body hardly twice as long as broad, sides 

 evenly rounded, broadest behind middle; no hairs on the 

 body above, a pair of very short ones at tip ; sternal plate 

 lyre-shaped, with three pairs of bristles, metapodia nearly 

 circular, each with a bristle, ventral shield roundedly 

 triangular, the point in front between the hind coxae; anal 

 shield nearly its length behind ventral, subtriangular, with 

 an apical bristle ; legs rather long, front pair very slender, 

 with some apical hairs as well as the claws; all legs with few 

 short almost spine-like hairs. In male the second and fourth 

 pairs of legs are plainly thicker than the others, the femur 

 of leg 2 with a stout spine in front; coxae 4 approximate, 

 not one-half their diameter apart; ventral and anal shields 

 united and nearly covering the venter, pointed behind. 

 Length, 1 mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania: Dunorlan, with Amblyopone australis. 



Parasitus disparatus, n. sp. 

 PI. xxiv., fig. 11. 



Body nearly twice as long as broad, tapering each way; 

 above with many short stout bristles, mostly clavate, 

 especially at sides, one at each humerus is longer and serrate 

 behind : legs slender, all with bristles, but near tips with 

 hue hair; first pair about as long as the body, the tarsus 

 nearly as long as the tibia and patella together ; leg 2 stouter 

 but without spurs, leg 4 reaching behind body, the tarsus 4 

 not longer than tarsus 1, sternum rather narrow, between 

 hind coxae no wider than a coxa ; the anal shield large and 

 broad, the anus its length from the tip. Length, '8 mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania: Latrobe, with Polyrachis hexacqntha. 



Parasitus inversus, n. sp. 

 PI. xxiv., fig. 9. 

 Body pyriform, about one and one-half times longer than 

 broad, broadly rounded behind. Dorsum with a pair of 

 minute bristles on extreme front ; a submarginal row of about 

 eight long^ bristles, those behind stouter than those in front, 

 and a submedian pair toward tip ; margin with shorter bristles, 

 except toward front. Venter with short bristles each side 

 behind, a pair below on beak, three pairs on the sternal plate, 

 a pair (with minute hair at base) just behind the sternal 



