Metoponorthus pruinosus (Brandt).

Porcellio pruinosus Brandt, Conspectus Oniscidorum, pp. 181 (19), 188 (26), 1833. Metoponorthus pruinosus Budde-Lund, Crust. Isop. Terrest., p. 169, 1885: Chilton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 16, p. 428, 1905; and Trans. N.Z. Inst., 38, pp. 64, 65, 1906: Stebbing, Ann. South African Mus., 6, p. 440, 1910.

Numerous specimens found under logs, stones, &c., at Denham Bay, Sunday Island.

Mr. Oliver says of these specimens, “Perhaps introduced,” and they certainly belong to this European species, which has now been distributed to most of the temperate regions. I have already discussed its occurrence in Norfolk Island and New Zealand in the papers quoted above.