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utiinque tuberculo vix perspicuo armato : femoribus subtus versus apicem minute 

 bidentatis. 



Long, corporis 104 mm. ; lat. corp. vix 5 mm. Long, antenn. 60 mm. ; capitis 

 post antenn. 5 mm. ; pronoti 4| mm. ; meson. 25 mm. ; metan. 8 mm. ; segment, 

 med. 6i mm.; abdominis 55 mm.; femor. ant. 24 mm. 



Loc. New Britain. 



Readily distinguished from M. bituber, by the smaller processes on the head, and by 

 the tuberosities on the abdomen being almost entirely absent. The male is unknown. 

 The surface is uneven, the inequalities forming on the prothorax indefinite tubercles. 



(5) Myronides sordidus, n. sp. 



Robustus, griseo-testaceus, antennis mox ante apicem albidis, corpore superne 

 sparsim irregulariter granuloso ; capite anterius processubus duobus distantibus sat 

 elongatis, acuminatis, apicibus versus antennas directis ; antennarum articulo basale sat 

 lato, margine interno curvato ; tibiis anterioribus intus acute carinatis, carina versus 

 basin altiore ; lamina supra-anali acuminata, carinata. 



Long. corp. 104 mm. ; antenn. 62 mm. ; tib. ant. 27 mm. ; cap. post antenn. 

 4 mm.; pronot. 4£ mm.; mesonoti 27 mm.; met. 10 mm.; segm. med. 5£ mm.; 

 abdom. 53 mm. 



Loc. New Britain. 



Only one individual of this species was obtained. It is closely allied to the typical 

 species of the genus — M. pfeifferi — but is smaller, and the legs are somewhat differently 

 formed. The two teeth on each femur are minute. 



Egg (PI. IX, Fig. 34) : an egg taken from the ovipositor of the specimen after 

 preservation for a year or more in spirit, much resembles that of M. bituber but with 

 strongly-marked distinctions ; the texture of the capsule is different ; the capitulum is 

 not sessile, but is elevated on a short stalk, and the ring surrounding it is strongly 

 elevated and irregularly serrate (Fig. 34 a). The micropylar scar is linear and the 

 micropylar orifice is exposed and surrounded only by a small obscure ring. 



(6) Myronides ranmlus, n. sp. PI. VII, Fig. 3. 



? . Sordide testaceus, irregulariter fusco-subvittatus, parce, obsolete granuloso ; capite 

 mutico : abdomino segmento decimo margine posteriore utrinque biacuminato ; lamina 

 supra-anali acuminata ; operculo compresso-carinato ; appendices inferiores et mediani 

 aequilonges, elongati. 



Long. corp. 106 mm. ; antenn. 52 mm. ; capitis post antenn. 4| mm. ; pronoti 4 mm. ; 

 mesonoti 26 mm. ; metan. 10£ mm. ; segment, med. 5 mm. ; abdominis 56 mm. 

 Var. fusco-subvariegato, hand discrete vittato. 

 Loc. New Britain. 



In this species the granulation of the surface is more distinct on the metasternum. 

 As it and M. binodis both have the head unarmed it is possible they may be 

 the sexes of one species. There is no trace of the rudimentary wing-sacs in M. 

 ramidus. 



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