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Hab.—In dark underground caves near the head of the Manawatu river, 
in the ‘* Forty mile bush,” 1879. 
This peculiar and very interesting animal, (of which I regret to say I 
have but one whole specimen), inhabits in great numbers those small caves 
which are difficult of access ; there they hop and spring about like shrimps, 
and having such excessively long and fine horns and legs, itis a very difficult 
matter to secure a perfect specimen; of course the necessity of having a 
candle burning when in those dark recesses, greatly increases the difficulty. 
I am indebted to Mr. J. W. Thomson, of Norsewood, for this specimen here 
described, who captured the insect there, together with some others, which, 
however, were unfortunately much crushed and broken. The brightness of 
its colours when fresh, particularly of its black-and-white ringed legs, their 
excessive tenuity, and the extreme length of its fine setaceous horns, all 
tend to give this creature an elegant and graceful appearance; in this 
tespect widely differing from the other known species of this genus. 
COLEOPTERA. 
Fam. Curcunionmaz. Genus Scolopterus. 
Scolopterus submetallicus, n. sp. 
General colour black-green, very glossy, femora purple-black, legs 
Piceous ; elytra punctured coarsely in lines on back, faintly on sides ; 
head smooth; shoulder-spines straight, acute; posterior femora large, 
armed with a large acute tooth near base; pulvilli bordered with white. 
Length 44 lines. 
Hab.—Forests near head of Manawatu river, 1880. 
This specimen flew down from a high tree, and alighted on the sleeve 
of my coat. As a species it ranks near to S. tetracanthus. 
Genus Rhyncodes. 
Rhyncodes weberi, 1. sp. 
Insect villous; general colour reddish-brown intermixed with grey, and 
mottled with small greyish-white blotches on elytra; pronotum brown, 
finely punctulate ; elytra, five black shining longitudinal lines slightly and 
losely tuberculated in small raised dots, parallel with five black smooth 
lines, outer edge stout, black, glossy, strongly and regularly marked with 
transverse riblets running inwards at right-angles ; abdomen beneath 
black glossy, with a few short scattered hairs, and three broad longitudinal 
tows of mottled hairs ; femora, and sides (shoulders) of pronotum, black, 
glossy, and slightly punetulate; a small tuft of reddish hairs at bases of 
ora; cove densely villous; tibie and tarsi very hairy; pulvills very 
