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Mallopliaga from Marsupials 
and short thick curved spine, bounded posteriorly by a shallow cleft, 
from the bottom of which the anterior margin of the temporal lobe runs 
in a straight line to the angle. Both temporal angles rounded, the head 
at the posterior being decidedly narrower than at the anterior angles. 
Prothorax has the same general proportions as B. phanerocerata, but the 
semicircular hind margin is emarginate between the lateral hairs. The 
usual row of four hairs occurs upon the hind margin, but the wings carry 
only three heavy hook-like spines on each side. In the metathorax the 
outer pair of hairs of the posterior row is modified into a pair of short 
spines; and there is an indication of the inclusion of an abdominal 
tergite with the metathorax. The abdomen is narrow in proportion 
to its length, and ends dorsally in a single pair of gonopodial processes. 
The broadly rounded terminal sternite extends behind and laterally 
beyond the tergite. 
Male unknown. 
Measurements in millimetres. 
? 
Length 
Breadth 
Head 
0-235 
0-403 
Prothorax 
0-176 
0-360 
Mesothorax 
0-060 
0-202 
Metathorax 
0-202 
0-353 
Abdomen 
1-092 
0-806 
Total length and 
1-765 
0-806 
greatest breadth 
Described from one <j? and one O taken upon a “tiger cat,” Dasyurus 
maculatus, at Sydney. The species differs from B. phanerocerata in 
having the eye bounded posteriorly by a cleft; and from B. tarsata, 
besides the marked difference in size, in having no appendage upon the 
second tarsal joint. 
Boopia spinosa n. sp. Fig. 9. 
Description of ?. Head broad in proportion to its length, with square 
temporal lobes, large and prominent eye, bounded posteriorly by a 
shallow cleft, and broadly rounded anterior portion. A pair of stout 
spines upon the occipital margin, enclosing four hairs, the outer pair 
long, the inner short. Prothorax almost as wide as head, with obtusely 
rounded lateral angle, the wing carrying four stout curved spines, 
three marginal, and one internal at the angle. From the lateral angles 
the sides converge slightly backwards to the third marginal spine, at 
