HuTTON. — On the Moas of Ncxv Zealand. 



Ill 



This species is known only by three metatarsi collected by 

 Mr. A. Hamilton in the Te Ante Swamp, near Napier, and 

 by a tibia from the same locality, the dimensions of which 

 have been kindly sent to me by Mr. Colenso. Mr. Hamilton 

 also informs me that two or three tibiae, with a length of 

 38in., were obtained by other collectors. It is a smaller and 

 more slender species than D. viaximus, hut considerably larger 

 than D. giganteus. 



Dinoniis validus. 



D. maxlmus, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc, vol. x., p. 147 (part). 



D. giganteiis, Haast, Trans. N.Z. Insc, vol. i., p. 88, 



No. 20. 



Figures. — Fenmr, Ext. Birds of N.Z., pi. xxxvi. and 



xxxvii., fig. 1 (as giganteus) ; vertebrae described and figured on 



p. 391, &c. 



Breadth of skull at temporal fossae, 2 -8111. ; at post-frontal 

 processes, 4-6in. Length of the lower jaw, 7"85in. Scapulo- 

 coracoid, 8-7in. to Sin. Middle toe, llin. 



Distribution. — In the swamps at Glenmark and Wai- 

 kouaiti, and in a few other places in Canterbury, Otago, and 

 Southland. It seems to have been more common in the north 

 part of the South Island, and rare in the south. No bones 

 were found at Hamilton. The type is from Glenmark. 



This species is larger and rather more robust than D. 

 giganteus. Earl's specimens from Waikouaiti — the original 

 types of D. maxivms — belong here. I have already mentioned 

 that Owen transferred the name to a larger species, and I 

 think it better to follow him in the change, as it will make 

 less confusion. 



