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as the width at base, apex twice as wide, coarsely longitudinally 
striate above; second segment twice as long as the first; coarsely 
striate, except at apex, which is smooth and shining; third segment 
very convex, delicately shagreened, as long as wide, broadest 
behind the middle, almost twice as long as the first and second 
together; fourth and fifth very short, sixth minute, occupying a 
median emargination of the fifth. 
Type from Mt. Arthur (4000 ft.) New Zealand (A. Philpott). 
This is the first member of this widely distributed genus to 
be found in New Zealand. It is similar to the European Ii. 
pleuralis Kieffer said to be probably from England, but differs by 
the longer striae on the second abdominal segment and b3 r the 
presence of the median frontal line. Among the species known 
from Australia, several of which have the thorax somewhat 
similarly colored, it may be known by the smooth third abdominal 
segment and different conformation of the antennal joints. 
Paragryon castaneus sp. nov. 
$ . Apterous; length 2 mm. Reddish brown, the antennae 
and legs, including coxae, more nearly fulvous; pleurae piceous. 
Abdomen, especially beyond the second segment, thinly clothed 
with sparse, appressed, golden yellow hairs. The hairs, due to 
differences in direction, form more or less curved or sinuous 
patches which reflect light differently in relation to the source of 
illumination and give a peculiar mottled appearance. Head one- 
third broader than the thorax; twice as wide as long; temples 
rounded; occiput broadly emarginate and strongly margined; 
ocelei widely separated, the lateral ones separated by only their 
own diameter from the eye-margin; eyes pubescent, ovate; malar 
space as long as the width of the eye; head more or less irregularly 
longitudinally striate above; front smooth medially above the 
antennae and vertically striate-punctate at the sides; cheeks with 
striae converging toward the base of the mandibles, head behind 
coarsely and rather closely punctate. Antennae 12-jointed; club 
6-jointed; funicle and club of equal length, scape a little longer, 
reaching the vertex; scape slender; pedicel twice as long as thick; 
first flagellar joint longer than the pedicel, three times as long as 
