Hvrros.—On New Zealand Myriopoda, 289 
head and region of anus reddish. Some scattered hairs on the legs. 
Length, *6 inch. 
Hab. Dunedin and Queenstown. 
It is astonishing with what rapidity this creature runs. 
Cormocephalus violaceus, Newport. Linn. Trans., XIX., p. 494. 
Hab. Wellington. 
I have not seen any species of Cormocephalus from the South Island. 
Himantarium ferrugineus, sp. nov. Fig. 1. 
Head sub-quadrate, longer than broad ; anterior margin slightly convex, 
sides nearly straight, posterior margin straight. Antenne approximated, 
moniliform, finely pubescent. Body composed of about 110 segments, 
which retain nearly the same breadth throughout. Basal article of the 
last pair of legs deeply and coarsely punctate, both above and below. Pre- 
anal scale rather attenuated behind, and with a straight margin. Entirely 
pale red; antenne rather lighter. Legs smooth. Length, 4:8 inches. 
Breadth, *1 inch. 
Hab. Wellington and Inch Clutha. 
One specimen has abnormal antenns of only 12 joints, and the 10th 
and 11th joints are vasiform. 
Himantarium morbosus, sp. nov. Fig. 2. 
Head elongate, convex on the sides ; anterior margin sinuated, posterior 
. straight; its length equal to about twice its breadth. Antenne approxi- 
mated, moniliform, hairy. Body composed of about 40 segments. Basal 
article of the last pair of legs smooth above, punctured below. Pre-anal 
segment rather longer than broad. Pre-anal scale rounded. Pale reddish- 
yellow; head and antenne ferruginous. Legs hairy. Length, 1:85 inch. 
Breadth, *07 inch near the head, tapering m 
Hab. Wellington and Dunedin. 
Iulus ( Spirostreptus ) antipod. , Newport; Dieff. N.Z., IL., p. 270. Fig. 3. 
Head Binocih. amargant auteriotiy. deeply exeavated behind the 
antenne. Antenne of seven joints, the last very small, the third rather 
longer than the second, the 4th, 5th, and 6th subequal, vasiform, con- 
tracted at the base; all the joints from the 3rd tomentose. Eye-patch 
sub-elliptical, eyes in three rows of 8, 7, and 6 respectively. Segments 54. 
The first rounded in front, with the lateral points blunt. Latero-posterior 
portion of each segment with fine distant oblique strie, which are more 
distinct on the anterior portion of the body than on the posterior, and are 
very indistinct in the young. Remainder of segments smooth, with a 
shallow pore at each side, Pre-anal segment rounded. Variable in colour 
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