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near the base which cannot be called a tooth. Hind claws very small, equal and 

 simple, nearly straight. Wings shorter than in any of the other species ; if 

 extended backwards they only reach to the base of the sixth abdominal segment. 

 First fork-cell longer than second, their bases almost level. Abdomen dark 

 brown ; first segment with a white lateral patch ; second to seventh with large 

 white lateral triangular patches, their apices not quite reaching the apices of the 

 segments ; as in the other species these patches are diagonally placed. Genitalia 

 very small, completely exserted and pendulous (whence the specific name). 

 Claspers with five teeth arranged in a bunch at the apex. Side-pieces with a 

 large scale patch on the ventral side ; their basal lobes bear three teeth and also 

 a fine hair. The genitalia are much less hairy than in the other species. 



Length of body (without head) 6 mm. ; of wing 4 mm. 



Described from a type male and three other males in Dr. Leicester's collection 

 in the British Museum, labelled " Edges of stream in jungle. The Gap. 

 16.iv.04." (Dr. G. F. Leicester.) 



9. L. digitata, sp. n. $ Q . 



Differs from L. pendula as follows : White patches of abdomen less pointed, 

 and with their upper or anterior edge somewhat concave, especially in the 

 female. Hind metatarsi of the male almost as long as the tibiae. Middle claws 

 of the male each with a small but distinct tooth. Wings a trifle longer than in 

 L. pendula, those of male reaching to the apex of the 6th abdominal segment. 

 Genitalia not quite completely exserted, not at all pendulous and much more 



Fig. 6. — 'Male genitalia of Leicesteria digitata, Edw. 



bristly. The claspers bear five terminal spines which are less pointed than in 

 L. pendula and are arranged something like the spread-out fingers of a hand. 

 The basal lobes of the side-pieces have seven sharp spines which, when seen from 

 certain directions, appear to be arranged in two rows. Female palpi quite 

 two-thirds as long as the proboscis. 



