OF NEW ZEALAND. 95 
99. Armadillo speciosus. 
Armadillo speciosus, Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped. xiv, Crust. part. ii, 
p. 718, pl. xlvu, fig. 2, (1853). 
Body very convex, finely granulate. Head nearly truncate 
in front. Segments of thorax laterally not acute, anterior largest. 
Segments of abdomen with their margins closely in contact throughout, 
the last much broadest at apex, and with the sides excavate. Caudal 
appendages narrow, apex truncate, margins entire, nearly parallel, 
naked, basal portion rectangular, produced inward. Antenne slender, 
flagellum distinctly shorter than fifth joimt. Colour dark brown, with 
a few small yellow spots, segments laterally a little reddish, also margin 
of abdomen the same. Length nearly Zin. (D.). 
New Zealand ; near Bay of Islands (Dana). In moist soil among 
leaves in the crater of Taiammai, 
In this species, if the figure be correct, there is a single transverse 
line of granules on each segment. 
100. Armadillo inconspicuus. PI. H, fig. 4. 
Armadillo inconspicuus, Miers, Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 4) xvii, 
p, 225, (1876). 
Convex, with the sides parallel, very finely and closely punctate. 
Head transverse, eyes small. Posterior margins of the segments of 
the thorax straight. First segment broadest, lateral margins with a 
groove for the reception of the second segment when the animal is 
rolled up. Followimg segments of about equal width, sides rounded. 
Segments of the abdomen very short, and closely applied to one 
another, sides truncate; terminal segment very little broader at the 
base than at the extremity, sides concave. Terminal (lateral) joint of 
the caudal appendages minute, basal produced portion of the penulti- 
mate joint rounded, not rectangular, The antenne are imperfect. 
Length +3; in. 
New Zealand (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
Distinguished from the preceding by the punctulation of the thorax, 
and the form of the terminal segment and caudal appendages, 
CUBARIS. 
Cubaris, Brandt, Conspectus Monogr, Crust, Oniscodorum p. 189, 
(1832). 
