HuTTON. — On New Zealand Myriopoda. 289 



head and region of anus reddish. Some scattered hairs on the legs. 

 Length, -0 inch. 



Hah. Dimedin and Queenstown. 



It is astonishing with what rapidity this creature runs. 



Cormocephalus viola ecus, Newx)ort. Linn. Trans., XIX., p. 424. 



Hab. Wellington. 



I have not seen any species of Cormocephalus from the South Island. 



Himantarium ferrwjineus, sp. nov. Pig. 1. 



Head sub-quadrate, longer than broad ; anterior margin slightly convex, 

 sides nearly straight, posterior margin straight. Antennae approximated, 

 moniliform, finely pubescent. Body composed of about 110 segments, 

 which retain nearly the same breadth throughoiit. Basal article of the 

 last pair of legs deeply and coarsely punctate, both above and below. Prte- 

 anal scale rather attenuated behind, and with a straight margin. Entirely 

 pale red; auteunse rather lighter. Legs smooth. Length, 4-3 inches. 

 Breadth, "1 inch. 



Hah. Wellington and Inch Clutlia. 



One sjoecimen has abnormal antennge of only 12 joints, and the 10th 

 and 11th joints are vasiform. 



Himantarium morhosus, sp. nov. Fig. 2. 



Head elongate, convex on the sides ; anterior margin sinuated, jDOsterior 

 straight ; its length equal to about twice its breadth. Antennae approxi- 

 mated, moniliform, hairy. Body composed of about 40 segments. Basal 

 article of the last pair of legs smooth above, punctured below. Prae-anal 

 segment rather longer than broad. PrsB-anal scale rounded. Palereddish- 

 yehow ; head and antennae ferruginous. Legs hairy. Length, 1'85 inch. 

 Breadth, "07 inch near the head, tapering posteriorly. 



Hah. Wellington and Dunedin. 



Ixdus ( Spirostreptus) antipodarum, Newport; Dieff. N.Z., II., p. 270. Fig. 3. 



Head smooth, emarginate anteriorly, deeply excavated behind the 

 antenna. Antennae of seven joints, the last very small, the third rather 

 longer than the second, the 4tli, 5th, and 6th subequal, vasiform, con- 

 tracted at the base ; aU the joints from the 3rd tomentose. Eye-patch 

 sub-eUiptical, eyes in three rows of 8, 7, and 6 res^jectively. Segments 54. 

 The first rounded in front, with the lateral points blunt. Latero-posterior 

 portion of each segment with fine distant oblique stride, which are more 

 distinct on the anterior portion of the body than on the posterior, and are 

 very indistinct in the young. Eemainder of segments smooth, with a 

 shallow pore at each side, Prs-anal segment rounded. Variable in colour 



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