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it. It is very common about Dunedin, where we find not only specimens 

 resembling tlie type in colour, but also a variety of a pale rose-red, marbled 

 with white, and with white legs. The specimens from Preservation Inlet 

 are entirely blackish-brown. 



The length is about an inch, and the number of segments is 19, not 

 including the head and anus. It has 29 pairs of legs, the 2ad, 3rd, and 

 4th segments having only one pair. The 2nd and 3rd joints of the antennae 

 are equal and longer than the 4th, 5th, and 6th. 



Polyclesmus ( Strong ijlosoma) niacrocepliala, sp. nov. 



AnteunfB 7-jointed, all finely pubescent ; 4th and 5tli the shortest. 

 First segment smaller than the head ; lateral margins rounded. Segments 

 smooth, very slightly keeled on each side. Prte-anal segment terminating 

 in a blunt point without any hairs ; the inferior semi-circular with a 

 longitudinal keel. White with pale brown spots and vermiculations. 

 Length, '6 inch. 



Hah. Dunedin. 



Craspedosoma trisetosa, sj). nov. Fig. 5. 



Antennae 7-jointed, reaching back to the 7th segment ; the first and 

 last joints short, the 3rd longest. Eye-patch pyriform ; eyes in four rows, 

 of 6, 6, 5, and 4 respectively. Segments 82, finely granulated on the 

 back, and with a depressed longitudinal line down the centre ; the lateral 

 margins straight. Each segment with three long bristles on each side, 

 springing from tubercles, of which the lowest is the largest, and the highest 

 the smallest. Antennte and legs with short hairs. Head yellowish, with a 

 dark band between the antennae. Eyes and antennae dark brown. Segments 

 blackish-brown, each with oblique bands of olive before and behind the 

 setiferous papillse. Legs pale yellow, marked with dark brown on the last 

 two or three joints. Occasionally it is brown, marbled with olive. Length 

 1 inch. 



Hab. Dunedin. 



Sphcerotherium leiosomus, sp. nov. Fig. 6. 



Head sparingly, coarsely, irregularly punctured, with a dee-p central 

 transverse depression at the iDOsterior margin, and a few short bristles in 

 front. Antennae slightly setose, six-jointed; the last joint cylindrical, 

 rounded at the tip. Nuchal plate smooth, but uneven, with a slight central 

 depression in front, and an anterior marginal ridge. Dorsal plates covered 

 with very fine shallow punctures. First dorsal segment with a distinct 

 lateral marginal ridge. Last dorsal segment arched, slightly compressed, 

 its margin entire and not ridged. Intermediate segments with the lateral 

 extremities broad, rounded in front and rectangular behind ; with a rough 



