eS much coarser than in H. bella, 
282 Transactions.— Zoology. 
Hab.—Hawke’s Bay; C. H. Weber, Esq., 1878. 
A species near to R. ursus, but much larger. 
Rhyncodes rubipunctatus, n. sp. 
Insect wholly covered with very short whitish-grey down, finely and 
thickly speckled with light-red, which (below especially) assumes a flattish 
semi-scaly appearance, each minute speck of reddish down or hair showing 
a regular circumscribed shape; pronotum dotted profusely and finely with 
black raised irregular dots, and bearing two semi-lunate and two smaller 
brown spots; elytra extending sharply over abdomen, with 12-14 longi- 
tudinal sub-striated rows of black raised shining dots, mottled with 2-8 
small brownish markings in a line with those on pronotum; abdomen below 
with three fine transverse black lines near anus ; head between eyes and 
base of rostrum coarsely dotted with raised brown dots ; eyes large ; rostrum 
jet-black, smooth ; antenna as long as rostrum and slightly hairy. Length, 
including rostrum, 9 lines. 
Hab.—Hawke’s Bay, Patangata ; captured by Mr. G. W. Tiffen, 1880. 
Another specimen, taken in the same neighbourhood by Mr. Winkel- 
mann, bit its eaptor’s hand pretty sharply through his handkerchief, causing 
it to bleed. 
Arr. XLI.—Descriptions of New Shells. 
By T. W. Kirx, Assistant in the Colonial Museum. 
[Read before the Wellington Philosophical Society, 21st January, 1882.] : 
Tue three species mentioned below all possess a deep notch at the anterior 
end of the columella, which at once distinguishes them from Euchelus, the 
columella of which has only a‘ small tooth in front.” It thus becomes 
necessary to create a new genus for the reception of the New Zealand 
species. 
Professor Hutton, to whom I have dedicated the new genus, informs ¢ 
that while in Sydney he examined a series of specimens representing ai 
various species of Euchelus, but in no instance could anything approaching 
a notch be discovered. 
Hurronia, gen. nov. : 
Shell moderate; turbinated, sub-globose; perforate or imperforate 5 
columella with a deep notch at the anterior end. Outer lip thickened and 
crenated internally. 
H. bella. 
Euchelus bellus, Hutton’; Cat. Marine Moll., p. 37. 
A. iricolor, sp. nov. 
‘Shell imperforate; larger, spire more prominent, and 
